Formal Examinations by police officers
Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.023141
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To clarify I mean formal examinations taken during recruit training and prior to posting to BCU.
By formal I mean any assessment which has a set pass mark before the exam is taken to determine if a required standard has been met.
Original request
I would like to know details of any formal examinations taken by police officers during training
What are the pass marks of each relevant exam
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Please find below information pursuant to your request above.
FOIA Questions:
• I would like to know details of any formal examinations taken by police officers during training
• What are the pass marks of each relevant exam
In January 2021 the MPS introduced new recruit pathways, the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA) and Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP) —as part of a National Police Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF) set by the College of Policing. These work-based learning programmes will enable student police officers to gain a degree level qualification (awarded through our four London university partners) in formal recognition of policing as a profession
In terms of initial recruit learning, please see below for a breakdown of the assessment points across each programme. Each assignment has a pass mark of 40% unless stated otherwise (such as with the MCQs/Assessment Point 1 for the Initial Police Learning & Development Programme Plus (IPLDP+).
In addition to the below there are also Operational assessments: Independent Patrol Status (IPS) and Full Operational Competence (FOC) as well as the Professionalising Investigation Programme (PIP1) that all Student Police Officers (SPO) have to complete.
SPOs compile an Operational Competence Portfolio (OCP) throughout their programme to evidence their competence against each of the criteria for IPS, PIP1, FOC and PIP2. As they progress through the programme, they will gather evidence of their skills and knowledge to include in their OCP.
Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA)
| Level | Assessment point | Assignments | Timing |
| Level 4 |
Assessment Point 1 |
Consisting of 2 assignments 1. PAB401(1) Portfolio |
Final Submission
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| Level 4 | Assessment Point 2 PAB402: Policing Skills II Portfolio (40 credits) |
Consisting of 2 assignments This assessment integrates learning from the module with the development in your operational competence and achievement of IPS. 1. PAB402(1) Portfolio 4,000 words / Weighting 70% 2. PAB402(2) Artefact 2,000 word equivalent / Weighting 30% |
Final Submission Week 29 |
| Level 4 | Assessment Point 3 PAB403: Policing Skills Portfolio III (60 credits) |
Consisting of 2 assignments This assessment point helps develop your use of research and evidence in operational practice. This is in tandem with the continued development of your operational skills. 1. PAB403(1) Portfolio 2,000 words / Weighting 20% 2. PAB403(2) Digital Artefact 7,500 word equivalent / Weighting 80% |
Final Submission Week 37 |
| Level 5 | Assessment Point 1 PAB501: Policing Practice I Portfolio (40 credits) |
Consisting of 3 assignments This assessment point supports the development of your professional practice as a police officer. You will be expected to show a more reflective approach both academically and operationally and use a wider range of information when making decisions 1. PAB501(1) Portfolio 2,000 words / Weighting 30% 2. PAB501(2) Digital artefact 3,000 word equivalent / Weighting 40% 3. PAB501(3) Presentation 2,000 word equivalent / Weighting 30% |
Final Submission Week 66 |
| Level 5 | Assessment Point 2 PAB502: Policing Practice II Portfolio (60 credits) |
Consisting of 3 assignments |
Final Submission Week 85 |
| Level 5 | Assessment Point 3 PBM506: Evidence Based Policing and Researching the Police (20 credits) |
Consisting of 2 assignments This assessment point will verify your understanding of evidence-based policing and criminology 1. PMB506(1) Written report 2,000 words / Weighting 50% 2. PMB506(2) Research proposal 2,000 words equivalent / Weighting 50% |
Final Submission Week 89 |
| Level 6 | Assessment Point 1 PAB601: Specialist Policing Portfolio (30 credits) |
Consisting of 3 assignments At this stage you will be developing your advanced skills in your chosen specialism. This assessment point is an opportunity for you to be formally assessed as an advanced learner 1. PAB601(1) Portfolio 3,000 words / Weighting 50% 2. PAB601(2) Report 1,500 words / Weighting 25% 3. PAB601(3) Professional discussion 1,500 words equivalent / Weighting 25% |
Final submission Week 108 |
| Level 6 | Assessment Point 2 PMB606: Policing, Leadership and Professional Development (30 credits) |
Consisting of 3 assignments This assessment point will integrate the learning from the Level 6 taught elements (modules and study blocks) with your development through the programme. This will help you prepare for the End Point Assessment and your future career. 1. PMB606(1) Report 1,500 words equivalent / Weighting 30% 2. PMB606(2) Case study 2,500 words equivalent / Weighting 40% 3. PMB606(3) Artefact 1,500 words / Weighting 30% |
Final submission week 116 |
| Level 6 | End Point Assessment (EPA) PMB607: Evidence Based Policing Project and End Point Assessment (60 credits) |
The EPA comprises three elements: 1. A professional discussion |
Week 131
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Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP)
| Assessment Point | Assignments | Timing |
| Assessment Point 1 DMB601 Role of the Police & Operational Policing Skills (20 creditsat level 6) |
Consisting of 2 assignments This assessment point will ensure that you’ve reached a sufficient level of knowledge and underpinning skills to be legal and safe in the highly supervised environment of Street Duties. 1. DMB601(1) Portfolio 2,000 words / Weighting 50% 2. DMB601(2) Exam 2,000 words equivalence / Weighting 50% |
Final Submission Week 15 |
| Assessment Point 2 DAB602 Policing Practice I Portfolio (40 credits at level 6) |
Consisting of 3 assignment This assessment point will ensure that you’ve integrated your initial learning into your practical policing experience, and that you’re developing a deeper understanding and the wider skills in the specialist areas of working with vulnerable victims and crime investigation. You’re required to consider your learning to demonstrate that you’re integrating all your learning and applying it in their practice, whilst specifically assessing learning against the required learning outcomes. 1. DAB602(1) Portfolio 2,500 words / Weighting 40% 2. DAB602(2) Digital Artefact 1,500 words equivalence / Weighting 20% 3. DAB602(3) Report 3,000 words equivalence / Weighting 40%s |
Final Submission Week 51 |
| Assessment Point 3 DAB603 Policing Practice II Portfolio (40 credits at level 6) |
Consisting of 3 assignments This assessment point will ensure that you’ve integrated your learning across the professional and advanced parts of the curriculum covering a range of uniform and problem solving roles. You’ll be expected to integrate and analyse your learning, evidence your competence across these areas and demonstrate how you’ve used previous learning on investigation and vulnerability. The integrated approach and mapping allows for assessment of the key elements whilst allowing you the ability to show how your learning is set within the wider learning and operational contexts. 1. DAB603(1) Portfolio 4,000 words / Weighting 40% 2. DAB603(2) Presentation Report / Review 2,000 words / Weighting 30% 3. DAB603(3) Report 2,000 words / Weighting 30% |
Final Submission Week 74 |
| Assessment Point 4 DMB606 Police Leadership, Coaching and Mentoring (20 credits at level 6) |
Consisting of 2 assignments This assessment point is to ensure that you’ve used your learning to consider your role as a leader within policing and integrated your previous operational experience and learning with your academic studies.
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Final Submission Week 89 |
Initial Police Learning & Development Programme Plus (IPLDP+)
The Initial Police Learning and Development Programme (IPLDP) is the Met’s established learning programme, delivered internally by Learning and Development. It will closely align with the first two years of the PCDA. IPLDP+ will not, however, lead to an accredited qualification. In reflection of this, it is one year shorter than the PCDA and will not involve the same depth of formal academic assessment required to be evidenced as part of a degree-level apprenticeship. Student police officers will, however, cover the same learning and operational competence and will be rigorously assessed against the same criteria and level of standards. Whilst student are still undertaking this learning programme, the MPS are no longer accepting new applications for IPLDP+.
The assessment and formal examination details are shown below:
| Type of Assessment | Pass Mark | Completion / Submission Date |
| Examination (MCQ) | 75% | Week 4 |
| Examination (MCQ) | 75% | Week 7 |
| Examination (MCQ) | 75% | Week 11 |
| Assessment Point 1 | PASS | Week 15 |
| Examination (MCQ) | 75% | Week 15 |
Degree-Holder Entry Programme (DHEP) - Detective
| Assessment Point | Assignments | Timing |
| Assessment Point 1 DMB601 Role of the Police & Operational Policing Skills (20 credits at level 6) |
Consisting of 2 assignments This assessment point will ensure that you’ve reached a sufficient level of knowledge and underpinning skills to be legal and safe in the highly supervised environment of Street Duties. 3. DMB601(1) Portfolio 2,000 words / Weighting 50% 4. DMB601(2) Exam 2,000 words equivalence / Weighting 50% |
Final Submission Week 15 |
| Assessment Point 2 DAB602 Policing Practice I Portfolio (40 credits at level 6) |
Consisting of 3 assignments This assessment point will ensure that you’ve integrated your initial learning into your practical policing experience, and that you’re developing a deeper understanding and the wider skills in the specialist areas of working with vulnerable victims and crime investigation. You’re required to consider your learning to demonstrate that you’re integrating all your learning and applying it in their practice, whilst specifically assessing learning against the required learning outcomes. 4. DAB602(1) Portfolio 2,500 words / Weighting 40% 5. DAB602(2) Digital Artefact 1,500 words equivalence / Weighting 20% 6. DAB602(3) Report 3,000 words equivalence / Weighting 40% |
Final Submission Week 51 |
| Assessment Point 3 DAB603 Policing Practice II Portfolio (40 credits at level 6) |
Consisting of 3 assignments This assessment point will ensure that you’ve integrated your learning across the professional and advanced parts of the curriculum covering a range of uniform and problem solving roles. You’ll be expected to integrate and analyse your learning, evidence your competence across these areas and demonstrate how you’ve used previous learning on investigation and vulnerability. The integrated approach and mapping allows for assessment of the key elements whilst allowing you the ability to show how your learning is set within the wider learning and operational contexts. 4. DAB603(1) Portfolio 4,000 words / Weighting 40% 5. DAB603(2) Presentation Report / Review 2,000 words / Weighting 30% 6. DAB603(3) Report 2,000 words / Weighting 30% |
Final Submission Week 74 |
| Assessment Point 4 DMB606 Police Leadership, Coaching and Mentoring (20 credits at level 6) |
Consisting of 2 assignments This assessment point is to ensure that you’ve used your learning to consider your role as a leader within policing and integrated your previous operational experience and learning with your academic studies. 3. DMB606(1) Portfolio 2,000 words / Weighting 50% 4. DMB606(2) Essay 2,000 words / Weighting 50% |
Final Submission Week 89 |
Additionally, DHEP Detective students will sit the National Investigators Exam (NIE) and the second level of the Professionalising Investigation Programme (PIP2). The NIE is marked externally. For further information about the NIE, please refer to the College of Policing website.
SPOS’s are also required to successfully pass a number of practical assessments in relation to Emergency Life Support Training (ELS) and Public and Personal Safety Training (PPST).