If learners have sat their terminal external assessment this January and are now eligible to certificate, you will have the option to submit certification claims for them, or they may wish to resit their terminal external assessment in the summer series. You will be able to claim for certification for the January series on Edexcel Online from
21 March until 18 April.
You can use the
grade calculator to see what learners’ overall qualification grade outcomes will be by entering the UMS received for each of the components. Alternatively, you can simply add the UMS for each component and check the table in Section 8 of the specification to determine the overall grade outcome.
If a learner does wish to resit the terminal external assessment, you can still choose to submit a certification claim for them if they are eligible, or you can choose to wait until the summer.
Read our certification FAQs for details on these scenarios, as well as the rest of the certification process
If you are considering entering a learner to resit the external assessment, factor in the likelihood of the learner achieving a higher result and the impact on the learner’s wellbeing; for example, the possible impact on other assessments being taken alongside the resit. The Tech Awards are compensatory, so even if a learner achieves a U grade in any of the components, they could still achieve an overall qualification grade provided they have sufficient UMS points across all components.
