All our centres need to confirm to us that they have taken steps to satisfy themselves that any work produced is solely that of the candidate concerned (not precluding normal assistance.) If you give any assistance to particular candidates that is beyond that given to the group as a whole but within the parameters laid down by the specification, you must record full details of the nature of this assistance and take it into account when making your assessments.

We need you to complete a declaration of authentication of work and of internal standardisation of assessment, to be signed on the optical teacher-examiner mark sheets (OPTEMS). Submission of EDI files is implicit confirmation of work authenticity. If marks are submitted via Edexcel Online, the declaration is part of the submission procedure.

Where the nature of the subject requires candidates to undertake some assessed activities outside the centre, sufficient work must take place under direct supervision to allow the teaching staff concerned to authenticate each candidate’s work with confidence.

You must ensure that each candidate is issued with the Joint Council for Qualifications’ ‘Notice to Candidates: Coursework’.

You must also present a written declaration that the candidates’ work was conducted under the required conditions as laid down by the specification.

 Coursework Authentication Form