The Quality Mark programme has no substantial written assignments. However, you will be expected to demonstrate your engagement with the course but undertaking a range of activities, some prepared outside the hours of attendance. There will be artistic and craft activities, assessed discussions and oral presentations. In addition, there will be some written work in the form of a study journal as evidence of your work with Steiner texts, and a child observation journal as evidence of your developing skills in this important professional skill. You will be asked to prepare case studies and undertake such professional tasks as writing risk assessments and policies. This will amount to around 70 hours of study each year, in addition to attendance at residentials and for online sessions.

Tutors will give constructive verbal and written feedback, in addition to summative assessment, on all the assignments that you submit, and this will normally be available within a month of your submission. This means that you will be able to build on your success in completing assignments as you progress through the course.

We understand that there may be special circumstances when you are not able to submit an assignment on time, in the case of illness, for example. If this happens you must follow the procedure laid out in the students' handbook that refers to late submissions.