Correct project attachments needed for a Silver or Gold project

For assessors: Correct project attachments needed for a Silver or Gold project

A common issue are projects being submitted with the incorrect attachments included.

A project submission (e.g. GO-0000000001) needs to have:

1x Project Work

1x or more student profile forms. This is based on the number of students entered on the submission.

Any other accompanying documentation. These tend to include Powerpoints, data files, photos, supplementary research, video, etc.


If a project is missing a profile form, assess the project as best you can, mark it for resubmission, give the applicable feedback including a request for a profile form and send them to a link to the profile forms (https://crestawards.org/s/CREST_Student_profile_form.docx). Note: If the project has passed, let the student know. 


If a project has multiple project work in it, mark the project for re-submission, outlining that each project needs to be submitted separately. It is ok to have multiple profile forms, if there were multiple students working on one project.


If someone submits without all the information, the assessor should assess it as best they can, provide feedback and then ask them to resubmit.


Also don’t worry if the students submit out of date profile forms. The content hasn’t changed, just the logo. Just make a note of it in the feedback (so the teacher can get the new forms). They don’t need to resubmit because of old documentation.


We have had quite a few projects pass recently with incorrect attachments, so vigilance is key here!


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