BTEC Awards, Certificates, Extended Certificates and Diplomas (excluding BTEC National qualifications)
| Summary | These graded level 3 qualifications have been developed by Edexcel to be used as Additional and Specialist Learning for Advanced Diplomas. The units are drawn from existing BTEC National qualifications, although the new qualifications considered are not part of the BTEC National suite. Edexcel BTEC Nationals are already on the UCAS Tariff. | ||||
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| Tariff entry | The UCAS Board considered these qualifications in December 2009. Points came into effect for entry to higher education from 2010 onwards. These qualifications have been replaced by the new suite of QCF BTEC Nationals with effect from September 2010. For further information about qualification start dates, please refer to the Edexcel website. Details of the Tariff points for the new qualifications can be found here. |
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| Learning hours | Qualifications vary in size from 60 GLH to 360 GLH depending upon the number of 60 hour units included. | ||||
| UCAS Tariff points | AWARDS |
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Group A |
Group B |
Group C |
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Distinction |
20 |
30 |
40 |
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Merit |
13 |
20 |
26 |
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Pass |
7 |
10 |
13 |
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| Click here for details of subjects covered in each award group | |||||
CERTIFICATES |
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Group A |
Group B |
Group C |
Group D |
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Distinction |
40 |
60 |
80 |
100 |
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Merit |
26 |
40 |
52 |
65 |
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Pass |
13 |
20 |
26 |
35 |
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| Click here for details of subjects covered in each certificate group | |||||
EXTENDED CERTIFICATES |
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Distinction |
60 |
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Merit |
40 |
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Pass |
20 |
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| Click here for details of subjects covered in each extended certificate group | |||||
DIPLOMAS |
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Group A |
Group B |
Group C |
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Distinction |
80 |
100 |
120 |
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Merit |
52 |
65 |
80 |
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Pass |
26 |
35 |
40 |
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| Click here for details of subjects covered in each diploma group | |||||
| Accredited until | Most of these qualifications are accredited until 2010. The short accreditation end date reflects the limit set by QCDA/Ofqual at the time on all QCF qualifications. These qualifications will be replaced by the creation of new BTEC Nationals to go into the QCF. |
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| Qualification sector | Various | ||||
| Awarding organisation | www.edexcel.com | ||||
| Further information | http://www.edexcel.com/quals/btec-sc/Pages/default.aspx | ||||