Does your school offer pupils the option of undertaking an Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)? An EPQ is a qualification worth half an A-Level, typically undertaken in Years 12 or 13.
Join Elle Andrews for an overview of the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ). She will introduce the structure, benefits and assessment criteria of the EPQ, and provide insights into ways of supporting pupils through the process.
This session will equip you with a knowledge and understanding of EPQs. We are also inviting any teachers supporting or coordinating EPQs at their school to join the discussion.
Suitable for secondary school/college teachers and those working in arts organisations who are interested in running, supporting or sharing their experiences of artefact-based EPQs.
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About Elle Andrews
After managing a high achieving Photography department at Kingsdale Foundation school for over a decade, in 2020 Elle began facilitating within community settings and for art institutions. She designed and delivered the curriculum model for the EPQ in Photography at The Photographers' Gallery, and now manages Learning and Access Programmes for Frameless Creative. Elle taught pupils undertaking the EPQ in Photography at The Photographers' Gallery from 2021- 2025.
About the EPQ in Photography
The Photographers’ Gallery has been running an EPQ in Photography programme in partnership with London schools since 2021.
State schools in the John Lyon's Charity priority boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington & Chelsea and the Cities of London and Westminster are invited to work in partnership with The Photographers' Gallery to support pupils to achieve their Extended Project Qualification.
Most pupils produce an artefact for their EPQ. They are supported and guided through lectures and workshops at the gallery that take place during school holidays and on weekends.
Beginning in 2025, we are organising a series of sessions with teachers, and educators in arts organisations, to share knowledge and invite ideas for how this model could support pupils interested in other creative subjects. The aim is to produce a resource that encourages further, collaborative ways of working between schools and arts organisations.
For more information, email epq@tpg.org.uk
The EPQ in Photography programme is supported by John Lyon's Charity
