Study Skills

Course summary

The EPQ offers Sixth Form pupils the opportunity to develop their independent learning skills in preparation for university and to demonstrate organisation, planning, research, critical thinking, problem-solving and presentation skills through a project of their choosing. The EPQ can give shape and focus to an area of academic interest, whilst producing a piece of work that’s truly individual! There is a compulsory skills course taught at the start of the Lower Sixth for all pupils. The EPQ is then started in the second half of the first term and completed by September of the Upper Sixth, in order not to conflict with preparation for A-level exams. Pupils use the Spring and Summer terms of the Lower Sixth to research and write their EPQ, often using the summer holiday to finish writing. Final presentations are in the final week of September in the Upper Sixth. Marking and moderation of the EPQ takes place in October and pupils can expect to receive their grades in the Spring term of the Upper Sixth.