Controlled Assessment

Useful Downloads

Candidate Record Sheet: Unit DA1 Health and Well-Being
(PDF), Last Updated: 18 November 2011

Controlled Assessment Student Guide
(PDF), Last Updated: 30 June 2011

Controlled Assessment Teacher Guidance
(PDF), Last Updated: 30 June 2011

Student Guidance (Controlled Assessment) Health & Social Care (Double Award)
(PDF), Last Updated: 20 January 2010

Units SA1: Working in Health and Social Care and DA1: Health and Well-Being are assessed through controlled assessment.

These are worth 60 percent of the final award and are available in summer only. Students must complete three controlled tasks for SA1, worth 30%, and three for DA1, also worth 30%.

We set the controlled assessment tasks. The class teacher marks them and we moderate them. The assessments take place in summer, at a date and time suited to individual centres.

Please note that we review and amend the tasks every two years.

Students must plan and carry out investigations and tasks in which they:

  • analyse issues and problems;
  • identify, gather and record relevant information and evidence;
  • analyse and evaluate evidence; and
  • make reasoned justifications and present conclusions.

We expect students to complete their research-based assignment under conditions that combine both classroom and independent study activities.

The work of individual students may be informed by working with others, but all students must provide an individual response.

Teachers should guide and supervise students to:

  • outline questions/tasks;
  • monitor progress;
  • prevent plagiarism and repetition;
  • ensure that the contributions of individual students are recorded accurately; and
  • advise on methods of presentation.

Teachers must not correct students’ work in detail and then allow them to write up a fair copy. Once a student has submitted the assignment and it has been awarded a mark, that mark is final. The student may not carry out further work.

Teachers must ensure that their students complete all parts of the tasks.

For more information, see the specification.