Over the last 12 months, Cadet Flight Sergeant Georgina B has been writing and creating her EPQ (Extended Project Qualification) which has been run and funded through the RAF Air Cadets.

The EPQ is an optional qualification available to all RAF Air Cadets in Sixth Form. As a Level 3 qualification, it carries half the UCAS points of a full A Level and is completed alongside a pupil’s usual academic commitments. The EPQ allows flexibility and is fully coursework based.

Flight Sergeant Georgina created an artefact and did a small research project around aircraft and the effectiveness of teaching in the RAF. Even in early draft, it was clear that Georgian B’s work was of an excellent standard. So much so, it has been marked as the highest standard piece of academic work submitted by the RAF Air Cadets nationally, earning her The Foster Trophy as the highest-grade cadet in the Level 3 Extended Project Qualification.

In a letter from Group Captain Boreham, Central and East Air Cadets Regional Commandant, he shared that “Georgina had the highest standard submission and grade for the Level 3 Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) run through the RAF Air Cadets. This is an outstanding achievement, seeing her communicate so effectively her passions for teaching and aircraft in the RAF”.

By virtue of this award, Flight Sergeant Georgina and her parents were invited to attend RAF Cranwell for the annual RAF Air Cadets award ceremony, one of only a handful of Cadets to attend nationally.

This year, three Cadets have started their EPQ’s with the RAF Air Cadets and hope to mirror the same excellence that Flight Sergeant Georgina has this year.