Centres are required to submit a declaration form to confirm that reasonable steps have been taken to ensure each candidate has completed the practical activities set by Pearson Edexcel Level 3 in the following qualifications:

Failure to complete and submit the form may lead to a malpractice investigation. The deadline to submit this form is 15th May.

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Level 3 Advanced GCE


Head Teacher Declaration Form

Biology A / Biology B / Chemistry / Physics Non-Exam Assessment (NEA)


The assessment of practical skills is a compulsory requirement of the course of study for this specification. All students must carry out a minimum of 12 practical activities which meet the requirements of Appendices 5b ('Practical skills identified for direct assessment and developed through teaching and learning') and 5c ('Use of apparatus and teaching') from the prescribed subject content.

If your centre has entered student(s) for this qualification, then your head teacher must sign the declaration below.
Head teacher Declaration
I declare that reasonable steps have been taken to ensure that each student has completed the minimum of 12 practical activities as set out above in accordance with the requirements of this specification.

I confirm that:

(i) each candidate has made and kept a contemporaneous record of their work and the knowledge, skills and understanding that they have gained from completion of the practical activities.

(ii) candidates have consistently and routinely demonstrated the required standards across all the common practical assessment criteria (CPAC).

(iii)  candidates have been assessed against the CPAC.

(iv) candidates have been judged competent with respect to the requirements in the Appendices 5(b) and 5(c) of this specification.

(v) only candidates who have demonstrated the required standard across all the requirements of the CPAC have been awarded a pass for the practical endorsement component.

(vi) all reasonable steps were taken, including steps to mitigate the risk of AI misuse, to ensure the work submitted is solely that of the candidate concerned.

(vii)  to the best of my knowledge, where the candidate has used AI, it has been used and acknowledged appropriately.

(viii) any help given to the candidate has been recorded appropriately.

(ix) to the best of my knowledge, the work has been kept confidential when with the candidate and securely stored by the centre where appropriate.

(x) AI was not used to solely assess the candidate’s work; we have reviewed the work in its entirety and determined the final grade.

(xi) internal standardisation was carried out to ensure all candidates have been assessed against the same standard.

I understand that a false declaration is a form of malpractice.