Edexcel requires centres to confirm that they have taken steps to satisfy themselves that any work produced is solely that of the candidate concerned. This does not preclude normal assistance. Centres must record full details of the nature of any assistance given to particular candidates that is beyond that given to the group as a whole but within parameters laid down by the specification. The centre must take this assistance into account when making its assessments.

Edexcel requires a declaration of authentication of work and of internal standardisation of assessment to be signed on the optical teacher-examiner mark sheets (OPTEMS). Submission by EDI file 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.

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

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

 Coursework Authentication Form