Are you a tutor by any chance?
I wasn't really referring to the number of practical assessments v number of theory assignments - more the fact that the TIME spent on theory/assignments was more than I would have liked - would have preferred more time spent on practising the practicals-try saying that after a few gins.
Some designs we only did once and were then assessed on them.
I still haven't decided re Level 3 as it now involves an extra half a day doing key skills which will drive me nuts - extra childcare to spend time doing Maths English and IT?