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We need to see the Rationale Document when Cambridge examiners are marking your candidates’ portfolios of evidence. Failure to complete and submit the Rationale Document correctly may result in delays to your candidates receiving grades.  \nIf you are completing this form for an A Level syllabus, you must explain how you have produced and chosen both the AS portfolio of evidence and the A2 portfolio of evidence.  \nWho completes the Rationale Document for each syllabus?  \nThe Head of Department completes the Rationale Document for each syllabus (or the teacher if there is no Head of Department), to explain to us how you have produced and chosen your candidates’ portfolios of evidence.  \nWhen you must submit the Rationale Document for each syllabus  \nYou must complete a Rationale Document for each syllabus for which you are submitting entries. The Rationale Document must be uploaded for each syllabus when you upload the portfolios of evidence to Submit for Assessment.  \nYou should also keep a copy of the Rationale Document for your records.  \nWhat your completed Rationale Document must include  \nThe Rationale Document must provide information about the areas below as relevant to the syllabus and your centre.  \nA Error! Reference source not found. Error! Reference source not found. Error! Reference source not found. Error! Reference source not found.  \nWhat happens after submitting the Rationale Document?  \nWe use the Rationale Document when we mark the evidence that you have submitted for a candidate. If weare concerned that you have not followed the requirements set out in our guidance, then we may need to contact you to explore this further.  \nPrivate candidates  \nIf you have accepted entries for private candidates, please explain how their work has been obtained, selected and authenticated, then go on to answer the rest of the questions in this Rationale Document.  \nWe accepted an entry for one private candidate for this syllabus (0008) . She was entered as a linear route candidate. I arranged for this single student to attend our school in person on four separate days. She completed the school-set assignment (A2 Level) at home, in the same way as our other students.  \nOn those days in school, the student took the same exam papers as the school candidates entered for alinear entry option, as I have described in Section A, including A2 Level Evidence 1 (Paper 4) . I was able to invigilate the student taking the exams and so can authenticate the work as the student’s own. 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