denby
The "reliability" Regulations were added after the main Descriptors were published which is why they appear not to fit, however, they apply to all Activities and Descriptors so your assessor's statement was incorrect.
That said, without additional issues, it is difficult to see how you would score higher, even with the reliability criteria applied the starting point is always the requirement of the Descriptor.
Gordon
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