Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)

The EPQ is a standalone qualification at A Level standard, designed to extend and develop your abilities beyond the A Level syllabus.

Worth half an A Level, it is recognised by universities and employers. Many universities give lower A Level offers to EPQ students.

Programme benefits

You will take responsibility for choosing, designing and making decisions about your own individual project.

Through the EPQ, you will:

• Become a more critical, reflective and independent learner.
• Develop and apply decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Improve your planning, research, analysis, synthesis, evaluation and presentation skills.
• Learn to apply technologies confidently.
• Demonstrate creativity, initiative and enterprise.