Topic 4

You must complete a Rationale Document for each syllabus. We will need to see the Rationale Document when we select your centre for quality assurance checks of the school-assessed grades that you send to us. Failure to complete and submit the Rationale Document correctly may result in delays to your candidates receiving grades.

The Rationale Document should be completed by the Head of Department for each syllabus (or by the teacher if there is no Head of Department), to explain to us how you have arrived at the school-assessed grades for your candidates for the June 2021 exam series.

We will email you, explaining which syllabuses from your centre have been chosen for quality assurance checks. The email will explain how to upload the Rationale Document for these syllabuses and how to upload the relevant candidate work.

You must complete a Rationale Document for each syllabus for which you are submitting entries and keep them for your records. You only need to send us the Rationale Document for the syllabuses that we request. Do not send the Rationale Document or candidate work to us if you have not been asked to do so.

The Rationale Document must provide information about the areas below as relevant to the syllabus and your centre.

1.  Selection of work
2.  Coverage of syllabus content and assessment objectives
3.  Security and authenticity of work
4.  Managing your marking (standardisation)
5.  Awarding grades to your students
6.  Access arrangements and special consideration

We will use the Rationale Document and candidate evidence that you submit to check the school-assessed grades that you have submitted. Once we have reviewed the evidence that you have submitted, we will contact you by email if we require further information.