Understanding & Calculating the Qualification Grade

Eligibility for an award

Qualification Grade

In order to be awarded a qualification, a learner must:

Complete all units, and
Achieve a Pass or above in all mandatory units unless otherwise specified.

To achieve any qualification grade, learners must:

complete and have an outcome (D, M, P or U) for all units within the designated qualification
achieve the required units at Pass or above, abiding by the minimum requirements in the compensation table below
achieve the minimum number of points at a grade threshold.

Calculation of the Qualification Grade

The final grade awarded for a qualification represents an aggregation of a learner’s performance across the qualification. As the qualification grade is an aggregate of the total performance, there is some element of compensation in that a higher performance in some units may be balanced by a lower outcome in others. In the event that a learner achieves more than the required number of optional units, the mandatory units, along with the optional units with the highest grades, will be used to calculate the overall result, subject to the eligibility requirements for that particular qualification title.

The points that each student will receive for each unit of study are determined by the Unit Size (Measured by GLH) and the level of student performance. The size of the units in the ICS BTEC Business Pathway are:

Unit 1: Exploring Business 90 GLH

Unit 2: Research & Plan a Marketing Campaign 90 GLH

Unit 3: Work Experience in Business 60 GLH

Unit 4: Business Finance 90 GLH

Unit 5: Pitching for New Business 60 GLH

Unit 6: Business Decision Making 120 GLH

Points Available for Internal Units

Note: When a learner has completed all the assessment for a unit, then the assessment team will give a grade for the unit. This is given according to the highest level for which the learner is judged to have met all the criteria.

Points Required for Calculation of Final Grade

Learners who do not meet the minimum requirements for a qualification grade to be awarded will be recorded as Unclassified (U) and will not be certificated.

They may receive a Notification of Performance for individual units.

Examples of grade calculations

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