An EPQ provides further academic stretch and challenge alongside other Level 3 studies and also helps to evidence a genuine interest in a specific area (which is useful for UCAS university applications). An EPQ also carries UCAS points and is valued at 50% of a full A Level in the UCAS tariff.

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Completing an EPQ helps students develop a number of different skills, which are vital for university. It requires excellent organisational skills: planning the project over a 20-week period and making sure that each stage is completed on time is essential to creating a high-quality end product and attracting the highest assessment marks in the process. Students also develop good time-management skills as they have to assign their own time to complete the project , while juggling the demands of their other Level 3 Studies.

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Students, above all, are required to be independently motivated as EPQ Supervisors are specifically not permitted to interfere with a students’ progress, especially in terms of meeting deadlines or completion of the project itself.