Cambridge National in Child Development (2022): Changes from the draft specification

Section 2.1: Qualification overview Section 7.2: Terminal assessment

Wording has been added to confirm that all work submitted (or re-submitted) must be based on the assignment that is live for the submission series.

Section 4.3: Unit R058

R058 Topic Area 3, 3.2

Minor changes to exemplification

Marking Criteria

Topic Area 1 and Topic Area 3 updated Marking Criteria

Assessment guidance

The Guidance has been updated

Section 4.4: Unit R059

R059 Topic Area 1:

Minor changes to exemplification

Marking Criteria

Topic Area 3 and Topic Area 4 updated marks allocated and minor changes to Marking Criteria

Assessment guidance

The Guidance has been updated

Section 5: Overview of the assessment

This section has been updated to clarify that the GLH includes assessment time for each unit.

Section 6.2: Requirements and guidance for delivering and marking the OCR-set assignments

Wording added to clarify that we will replace the set assignments each year.

Wording updated for set assignments, you must not change any aspect of the OCR-set assignments (scenarios or tasks)

Section on Scope of assessment modification has been removed

Section 6.4.4: Resubmitting moderated work for (summative) assessment to improve the grade

A paragraph has been added to confirm that Resubmission of the same work must be in a series that falls in the live assessment dates for the assignment on which the work is based.

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References to secure portal have been amended to read secure website ‘Teach Cambridge’

Version and date issued

Section 2: Qualification overview

Section 6.4.4: Resubmitting moderated work for (summative) assessment to improve the grade before submitting a final mark

Section 7.2: Terminal Assessment

Wording added to clarify: For Non examined assessed (NEA) units, there is one resubmission opportunity.

Draft Version 2: July 2021

Section 2.3: Purpose statement

The purpose statement has been updated to add clarity on the topic areas included in each unit.

The progression routes diagram has now been included here (which has resulted in the removal of Section 8).

Section 4.2 Unit R057

R057 Topic Area 4

Minor changes to teaching content, breadth and depth.

Assessment Guidance – Externally Assessed (EA) unit

Further details of external assessment added.

Section 4.3 Unit R058

R058 Topic Area 1:

• • updated topic to Creating a safe environment in a childcare setting

  • updated teaching content and exemplification

  • updated Marking criteria

Assessment Guidance

The guidance has been updated.

Section 4.4 Unit R059

R059 Topic Area 4:

• • updated teaching content and exemplification

    Topic Area 3 and Topic Area 4

  • updated Marking criteria

Assessment Guidance

The guidance has been updated.

Section 4.3 & 4.4: NEA Marking criteria

Section 6.4.1 Use of a ‘best fit’ approach to marking criteria

Statement added to clarify that if a student’s work does not meet Mark Band 1 (MB1) criteria for any task, you must award zero marks for that task.

Section 5.1: Overview of the assessment

Materials permitted for external assessment clarified.

Section 5.4: Grading and awarding grades

A table has been added showing Raw marks and UMS marks for each unit.

Section 6.2: Requirements and guidance for delivering and marking the OCR-set assignments

Statement added to Scope of assessment modification to clarify that any changes made to assignments outside of those allowed will be treated as malpractice.

Section 6.3 Feedback

This section has been updated to clarify feedback permitted and some examples have been added.

Appendix B: Command words

Definition of ‘Create’ has been added.

Definition of ‘Explain’ has been updated.

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Minor changes have been made to wording and formatting throughout the Specification.