Guidance

External quality assurance of end-point assessments: status

The status of apprenticeship end-point assessments (EPAs) where Ofqual has been asked to provide external quality assurance.

Published 26 June 2017
Last updated 15 May 2019 — see all updates

• From: Ofqual

• Applies to: England

Documents

Confirmed Ofqual quality assured apprenticeship end point assessments

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Status of potential Ofqual quality assured apprenticeship end point assessments

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Details

Apprenticeship trailblazers can choose to approach Ofqual to provide external quality assurance for their apprenticeship EPA. If approached, Ofqual will review the apprenticeship assessment plan to ensure that it is possible for an apprentice assessment organisation to develop a valid assessment based on the plan, before agreeing to be the external quality assurance provider.

These documents show which apprenticeship EPAs Ofqual has agreed to regulate and the status of those under review.

For information about the apprentice standards that have been approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships and are ready for delivery, see ‘apprenticeship standards’.

Status of Ofqual quality-assured apprenticeship end-point assessments

Key:

• a tick (✓) in the ‘EQA request status’ column shows that Ofqual has agreed to provide external quality assurance for that apprenticeship end-point assessment - it does not mean that that the assessment plan has been approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships and is ready for delivery
• ‘With Ofqual for review’ indicates the plan has been sent to Ofqual and we are reviewing it
• ‘With trailblazer’ shows that we are waiting for an updated assessment plan to be submitted
• the most recent submission date indicates when the most recent assessment plan was submitted to Ofqual or when the process was completed
• ‘Pending TAG’ means that the submission is due to be reviewed by Ofqual’s technical advisory group on the date indicated

Compliance with assessment plans

Where Ofqual has agreed to provide external quality assurance for an apprenticeship end-point assessment, then all assessments for that standard must comply with our rules for end-point assessments.

Condition EPA1.1 requires an awarding organisation to comply with any requirements, and have regard to any guidance, contained in the relevant Assessment Plan for each EPA that it makes available or proposes to make available.

Under Condition EPA3.3, an awarding organisation is also required to notify Ofqual where the Assessment Plan for one of its EPAs is reviewed or amended.

An Assessment Plan is defined in Condition EPA6.4 as the version of an apprenticeship assessment plan, published under section A2(1) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009, which is specified in a list published by Ofqual and revised from time to time.

This list is specified in the attached document “Confirmed Ofqual quality-assured apprenticeship end-point assessments”. Please note that only the versions of apprenticeship assessment plans listed in this document will meet the definition of an Assessment Plan in Condition EPA6.4. Ofqual will review any subsequent version of a plan listed below and, where appropriate, amend the list to include that subsequent version

Published 26 June 2017
Last updated 15 May 2019 + show all updates

1. 15 May 2019 Tables further updated - May 2019
2. 9 May 2019 Tables updated - May 2019
3. 8 April 2019 Tables updated - April 2019
4. 1 February 2019 Further update to tables for January 2019
5. 15 January 2019 Tables updated for January 2019
6. 14 December 2018 Tables updated for December 2018
7. 7 November 2018 Tables updated for November 2018
8. 18 October 2018 Table updated for October 2018
9. 25 September 2018 Table updated for September 2018
10. 29 August 2018 Table updated for August 2018
11. 26 July 2018 Updated to include additional information about Ofqual-regulated EPAs.
12. 16 May 2018 Updated attached table.
13. 1 May 2018 Updated the attached table.
14. 12 April 2018 Table updated April 2018
15. 16 February 2018 Update to the status table.
16. 23 January 2018 Updated table.
17. 30 November 2017 EQA table updated.
18. 27 November 2017 Updated attached spreadsheet.
19. 18 October 2017 Update to the 'Status of Ofqual quality-assured apprenticeship endpoint assessments' table.
20. 4 September 2017 Updated the status document.
21. 26 June 2017 First published.