Understanding apprenticeship assessment

Your guide through the apprenticeship reforms

The apprenticeship landscape is changing, and TQUK is here to guide you every step of the way. This page is your one-stop shop for news and information about the reforms, but that’s not all. Become a TQUK provider and you can unlock even more insight on our exclusive Hive mini-site, including:

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What’s happening?

The Department for Education (DfE) has announced major changes to the end-point assessment system. In fact, they’re so big it won’t even be called end-point assessment anymore.

Moving forwards, EPA will be known as ‘apprenticeship assessment’ as assessments can take place pre- and post-gateway (as long as the final assessment is post-gateway).

But that’s not all. Further changes include:

Training providers will be allowed to sign off on parts of their apprentices’ assessments.

Assessment plans will be cut in length and feature only the ‘must haves’ for occupational competency.

19+ apprentices only need to have attempted, not achieved, English and maths Functional Skills.

Expert advice and guidance

With decades of experience at training providers, colleges, other awarding and end-point assessment organisations, and the regulator, Ofqual, our Executive and Leadership Teams know the ins and outs of the industry and are here to pass that insight onto you.

We were there at the very start of the end-point assessment journey, responding boldly and decisively as the system we now know was born. We’re ready to do the same again as it evolves.

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