NEA Assessment Criteria and Marking

Understanding how your NEA is assessed is essential for maximising your marks. The NEA is internally assessed by your teacher and externally moderated by AQA. This means your teacher marks your work first, and then a sample of work from your school is sent to an AQA moderator who checks that the marking is accurate and consistent. Understanding the assessment criteria — what each Assessment Objective rewards, what the band descriptors say, and what distinguishes excellent work from good work — allows you to target your efforts effectively and produce work that meets the examiners' expectations.

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The Assessment Objectives

The NEA assesses five Assessment Objectives, divided between the two pieces:

Language Investigation (30 marks)