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NEA (Non-Exam Assessment) Subject Information

Below are the deadline dates and additional information for all the A Level subject NEAs.

SUBJECT NEA % Overall Grade Key Dates Additional Support
Art 100%

8th Jan 2026 - Coursework portfolio deadline

21st Apr 2026 -Exam portfolio deadline

Catch up clubs:

Mon & Tues: lunchtime 

 

Mon, Weds, Thursday and Friday after-school

Criminology 50%

Unit 1 - 25%

Friday 15th Nov 2025: Deadline for notes hand in

 

Unit 3

Thursday 6th Nov 2025: Deadline for notes hand in

 

Clinic is paused until after the controlled assessement.
Computer Science  20%

Monday 23rd Feb 2026

Coursework deadline

Drama & Theatre 40%

Year 12

9th Jan 2026 -

PiP (Practitioners in Practice) Research Report First Draft due

5th Feb 2026 

PiP Parent Performance 

12th February 2026

PiP Exam

13th Feb 2026

PiP Research Report Deadline  

27th March 2026

PiP Portfolio Deadline

 

Year 13

9th Jan 2026

Exploring and Performing Texts Pro Forma Deadline

21st January 2026

Exploring and Performing Texts Parent Performance Feb/March 2026

Exploring and Performing Texts Exam 

Out of lesson rehearsals can be booked.

 

Half a term of lesson time looking at portfolios

 

Teachers can provide feedback on online documents.

EPQ 100%

Year 12

13th March 2026

Presentation start

9th March 2026

Final product submission

5th April 2026

Final Product log submission

Weekly supervised tutorials

Geography 20%

15th Nov 2025

First draft 

6th Jan 2026

Final draft

 

Clinic: every Thursday lunchtime 

 

1:1 support for NEA available on request 

History 20%

19th Jan 2026

Coursework deadline

1-1 support given on request
Media 30%

10th July 2026 

First draft deadline

 

16th Oct 2026 

Final deadline

Clinics begin on Thursday 4th June 2026, and weekly afterschool in B13 until the final deadline.

Music 

60%

April 2026 Performance and Composition deadline.

1-2-1 support given on request.

PE

15%

15%

2nd Feb 2026

 Final hand in date for Practical,  Analysis and Evaluation

Clinics for coursework support: Thursday lunchtime
Photography 100%

6th January 2026

Personal Investigation portfolio and essay deadline

 

23rd Jan 2026

Personal Investigation final piece deadline

 

16th April 2026

Final deadline for externally set task

 

Catch up clubs:

Wednesday and Thursday after school in B4

 

B4/Narnia is available every lunch time

Product Design 50%

Year 13

2nd May 2025 

Section A - Identify & investigate design possibilities

9th May 2025

Section B - Producing a design brief & specification

12th Dec 2025

Section C - Development of design proposals

30th Jan 2026

Section D -  Development of design prototypes

13th Feb 2026

Section E - Analysis and evaluation

27th February 2026

Final Deadline

BGA available for independent study daily.