Late completion, resubmission and retakes (applies to all units including Pearson set assignment units Dealing with late completion of assignments for internally-assessed units Learners must have a clear understanding of the centre policy on completing
assignments by the deadlines that you give them. Learners may be given authorised
extensions for legitimate reasons, such as illness at the time of submission, in line with
your centre policies.
For assessment to be fair, it is important that learners are all assessed in the same way
and that some learners are not advantaged by having additional time or the opportunity
to learn from others. Therefore, learners who do not complete assignments by your
planned deadline or by the authorised extension deadline may not have the opportunity
to subsequently resubmit.
If you accept a late completion by a learner, then the assignment should be assessed
normally when it is submitted, using the relevant assessment criteria.
Resubmission of improved evidence for internally-assessed units An assignment provides the final assessment for the relevant learning aims and is
normally a final assessment decision, except where the Lead IV approves one
opportunity to resubmit improved evidence based on the completed assignment brief.
The Lead IV has the responsibility to make sure that resubmission is operated fairly.
This means:
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checking that a learner can be reasonably expected to perform better through a
second submission, for example that the learner has not performed as expected
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making sure that giving a further opportunity can be done in such a way that it
does not give an unfair advantage over other learners, for example through the
opportunity to take account of feedback given to other learners
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checking that the assessor considers that the learner will be able to provide improved
evidence without further guidance and that the original evidence submitted has been
authenticated by both the learner and assessor and remains valid.
Once an assessment decision has been given to the learner, the resubmission
opportunity must have a deadline within 15 working days after the timely issue of
assessment feedback to learners, which is within term time in the same academic year.
A resubmission opportunity must not be provided where learners:
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have not completed the assignment by the deadline without the centre’s agreement
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have submitted work that is not authentic.
We recognise that there are circumstances where the resubmission period may fall
outside of the 15-day limit owing to a lack of resources being available, for example
where learners may need to access a performance space or have access to specialist
equipment. Where it is practical to do so, for example evaluations, presentations,
extended writing, resubmission must remain within the normal 15-day period.