[{"DocId":1653,"Id":13673,"Score":0.000465819263,"Fields":{"id":"13673","heading":"Hodder Education Resources","searchableData":" Be inspired to enhance classroom learning with this textbook, by highly respected and experienced author Louise Burnham.\r\n-Build your learning support skills with guidance tailored to the extensive new CACHE qualification due to launch in January 2018-Gain confidence in your role with practical advice and full explanations from best-selling author in STL , Louise Burnham -Translate theory into practice with Tips for Best Practice and Case Studies for challenging topics such as Behaviour Management-Strengthen your understanding of theory and practice, with comprehensive information linked clearly to assessment criteria-Find all the information you need with the colourful, clear design and appropriate language throughout the book -Make the most of your training with the Stretch and Challenge feature-Engage in debate on important STL topics with Classroom Discussion suggestions\r\n \r\nIn order to offer flexible and innovative solutions in the changing environment of training and education, NCFE works collaboratively with a number of carefully selected publishers, training providers and producers of high quality learning materials. This third party resource has been endorsed by NCFE following a comprehensive review by one of our subject matter experts; this means that NCFE has agreed that the resource meets the necessary endorsement criteria. For more information about this resource including pricing, please contact the third party supplier directly.\r\nDisclaimer: Whilst NCFE has taken all reasonable care in the endorsement of this resource, we make no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this resource. NCFE does not accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions from the resource or the consequences thereof.","umbracoSearchHide":"0","url":"/product-resources/health-public-services-and-care/60324764/hodder-education-resources/","__NodeId":"13673","__IndexType":"directory"}},{"DocId":1654,"Id":13694,"Score":0.000465819263,"Fields":{"id":"13694","heading":"Hodder Education Resources (1)","searchableData":" Be inspired to enhance classroom learning with this textbook, by highly respected and experienced author Louise Burnham.\r\n-Build your learning support skills with guidance tailored to the extensive new CACHE qualification due to launch in January 2018-Gain confidence in your role with practical advice and full explanations from best-selling author in STL , Louise Burnham -Translate theory into practice with Tips for Best Practice and Case Studies for challenging topics such as Behaviour Management-Strengthen your understanding of theory and practice, with comprehensive information linked clearly to assessment criteria-Find all the information you need with the colourful, clear design and appropriate language throughout the book -Make the most of your training with the Stretch and Challenge feature-Engage in debate on important STL topics with Classroom Discussion suggestions\r\n \r\nIn order to offer flexible and innovative solutions in the changing environment of training and education, NCFE works collaboratively with a number of carefully selected publishers, training providers and producers of high quality learning materials. This third party resource has been endorsed by NCFE following a comprehensive review by one of our subject matter experts; this means that NCFE has agreed that the resource meets the necessary endorsement criteria. For more information about this resource including pricing, please contact the third party supplier directly.\r\nDisclaimer: Whilst NCFE has taken all reasonable care in the endorsement of this resource, we make no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this resource. NCFE does not accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions from the resource or the consequences thereof.","umbracoSearchHide":"0","url":"/product-resources/health-public-services-and-care/60324764/hodder-education-resources-1/","__NodeId":"13694","__IndexType":"directory"}},{"DocId":1671,"Id":15541,"Score":0.000465819263,"Fields":{"id":"15541","heading":"Hodder Education Resources","searchableData":" Learn how to combine outstanding care and successful business management with the only book that supports CACHE's new Childminding qualification\r\nPacked with examples, photos and practical advice, this book addresses the unique challenges faced by childminders. Written by an expert and endorsed by the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years, CACHE Level 3 Preparing to Work in Home-based Childcare is the only title that covers all learning outcomes for the new CACHE Childminding qualification. In-depth information on how to set up your own business and what to expect from Ofsted inspections will help you to make the right choices and reap the rewards. It is the perfect resource for new childminders and an invaluable source of up-to-date information on legislation for experienced carers.\r\n- The only book to support CACHE's Childminding qualification.- Helps you to understand every aspect of the qualification fully and clearly through detailed real-world examples. - Delivers practical advice to guide you through setting up and running a professional childminding business.- Ensures you can be confident in meeting the statutory childcare requirements by linking concepts to the latest EYFS standards.\r\n \r\nIn order to offer flexible and innovative solutions in the changing environment of training and education, NCFE works collaboratively with a number of carefully selected publishers, training providers and producers of high quality learning materials. This third party resource has been endorsed by NCFE following a comprehensive review by one of our subject matter experts; this means that NCFE has agreed that the resource meets the necessary endorsement criteria. For more information about this resource including pricing, please contact the third party supplier directly.\r\nDisclaimer: Whilst NCFE has taken all reasonable care in the endorsement of this resource, we make no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this resource. NCFE does not accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions from the resource or the consequences thereof.","umbracoSearchHide":"0","url":"/product-resources/health-public-services-and-care/60336420/hodder-education-resources/","__NodeId":"15541","__IndexType":"directory"}},{"DocId":62,"Id":1931,"Score":0.000411729969,"Fields":{"id":"1931","heading":"ICT Pre-Release Data Files (paper based assessment only)","content":"All data files should be set up prior to each ICT external assessment taking place.\r\nNEW Level 1 and 2 ICT Pre-Release Data Files for LIVE and SAMPLE paper-based assessments available from January 2018\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThese are the data files and information about the data files, for use in the external assessments for the our Functional Skills Qualification in ICT at Levels 1 and 2.\r\nPreparing the Pre-Release files (needed for both sample and live ICT assessments)*\r\nOur ICT assessments require pre-release files to be made available to learners to support assessment tasks. We've made some changes to how we provide the files to support you better in setting them up.  Please follow the instructions in the relevant file to set up the pre-release files. There is a separate document for the sample assessments.\r\nIt is essential all of the pre-release files are set up prior to the assessment and the relevant instructions followed. learners may be asked during the external assessment to import or use these data files in some way. For instance, the external assessment will point them towards a particular file, using its scenario as the path, and ask them to import this data file into, for example, a spreadsheet application\r\n*Please note if you use a VDI system, you'll need to download these zip files and extract all files to a folder of your choice.\r\nWhat are the files needed for?\r\nThese data files are needed by learners taking their Functional Skills paper based ICT external assessment.\r\nLeading up to the external assessment, all of these data files can be used as a revision tool if required. You can use the data files if or when it’s appropriate as practice for the external assessment, as a revision tool, or as part of the learners learning. Having access to these data files will not give the learner an advantage in the external assessment as our papers don’t rely exclusively on this material.\r\nPlease note, not all data files will be used in each external assessment.\r\nWhat to download, how and what to do with them\r\nAll of the data files below should be downloaded and saved to your centre's network as early in the academic session as is appropriate or relevant to you. However, they must be downloaded before the learners sit the external assessment. This is because some files must be emailed to the learner before the external assessment, and other data files will be referred to or drawn from during the external assessment.\r\nYou can send the email to a learner’s personal email account or, as we would recommend as good practice, create accounts for the purpose of these external assessments i.e. [email protected]. Please ensure that the learner is able to access the email before the external assessment takes place.\r\nThe data files marked ‘to be sent as attachment’ should be sent to each learner by email as an attachment, using the ‘email content’ provided if applicable. The files sent as attachments, should not be available on the network for the learners to access during the external assessment – only available on the email. \r\nHowever, the remaining data files above (the ones not marked for sending by email) should be saved somewhere accessible for your learners . The learners must be made aware of where those data files are at the beginning of their external assessment so they know where to access them from when required.\r\nPlease note all attachments and all separate emails must be sent/made available to the learner. Which files/emails they must access depends on which external assessment they’re allocated.\r\nWhere to download them to\r\nThe data files should be downloaded from below and saved on your centre’s local network and saved as read-only files where possible. The format of the files mustn’t be changed. They should be saved in a relevant file/folder as learners will be directed to access them during the external assessment.\r\nEach data file must be named as it is below and the data files associated with each scenario should be stored together (e.g. credit card and credit card graph should be stored together). Each external assessment will use this name to identify the file needed.\r\nLearners may be asked during the external assessment to import or use these data files in some way. For instance, the external assessment will point them towards a particular file, using its scenario as the path, and ask them to import this data file into, for example, a spreadsheet application.\r\nAny other information\r\nPlease note, in addition to familiarity with these files, your learners should be made familiar with printing formula views as this may be required during the external assessment.\r\nFollowing the external assessment you are responsible for making sure any files saved by the learner (the files worked on and printed out throughout the external assessment) should be deleted completely from the computer used. This must be done as learners may sit the same external assessment at the same computer, and cannot have access to already completed files. Please feel free to ask your learners to delete these files before they leave the examination room.\r\nThe data files\r\nThroughout the academic session, additional files will be added to this collection, so please check regularly. ","searchableData":"All data files should be set up prior to each ICT external assessment taking place.\r\nNEW Level 1 and 2 ICT Pre-Release Data Files for LIVE and SAMPLE paper-based assessments available from January 2018\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThese are the data files and information about the data files, for use in the external assessments for the our Functional Skills Qualification in ICT at Levels 1 and 2.\r\nPreparing the Pre-Release files (needed for both sample and live ICT assessments)*\r\nOur ICT assessments require pre-release files to be made available to learners to support assessment tasks. We've made some changes to how we provide the files to support you better in setting them up.  Please follow the instructions in the relevant file to set up the pre-release files. There is a separate document for the sample assessments.\r\nIt is essential all of the pre-release files are set up prior to the assessment and the relevant instructions followed. learners may be asked during the external assessment to import or use these data files in some way. For instance, the external assessment will point them towards a particular file, using its scenario as the path, and ask them to import this data file into, for example, a spreadsheet application\r\n*Please note if you use a VDI system, you'll need to download these zip files and extract all files to a folder of your choice.\r\nWhat are the files needed for?\r\nThese data files are needed by learners taking their Functional Skills paper based ICT external assessment.\r\nLeading up to the external assessment, all of these data files can be used as a revision tool if required. You can use the data files if or when it’s appropriate as practice for the external assessment, as a revision tool, or as part of the learners learning. Having access to these data files will not give the learner an advantage in the external assessment as our papers don’t rely exclusively on this material.\r\nPlease note, not all data files will be used in each external assessment.\r\nWhat to download, how and what to do with them\r\nAll of the data files below should be downloaded and saved to your centre's network as early in the academic session as is appropriate or relevant to you. However, they must be downloaded before the learners sit the external assessment. This is because some files must be emailed to the learner before the external assessment, and other data files will be referred to or drawn from during the external assessment.\r\nYou can send the email to a learner’s personal email account or, as we would recommend as good practice, create accounts for the purpose of these external assessments i.e. [email protected]. Please ensure that the learner is able to access the email before the external assessment takes place.\r\nThe data files marked ‘to be sent as attachment’ should be sent to each learner by email as an attachment, using the ‘email content’ provided if applicable. The files sent as attachments, should not be available on the network for the learners to access during the external assessment – only available on the email. \r\nHowever, the remaining data files above (the ones not marked for sending by email) should be saved somewhere accessible for your learners . The learners must be made aware of where those data files are at the beginning of their external assessment so they know where to access them from when required.\r\nPlease note all attachments and all separate emails must be sent/made available to the learner. Which files/emails they must access depends on which external assessment they’re allocated.\r\nWhere to download them to\r\nThe data files should be downloaded from below and saved on your centre’s local network and saved as read-only files where possible. The format of the files mustn’t be changed. They should be saved in a relevant file/folder as learners will be directed to access them during the external assessment.\r\nEach data file must be named as it is below and the data files associated with each scenario should be stored together (e.g. credit card and credit card graph should be stored together). Each external assessment will use this name to identify the file needed.\r\nLearners may be asked during the external assessment to import or use these data files in some way. For instance, the external assessment will point them towards a particular file, using its scenario as the path, and ask them to import this data file into, for example, a spreadsheet application.\r\nAny other information\r\nPlease note, in addition to familiarity with these files, your learners should be made familiar with printing formula views as this may be required during the external assessment.\r\nFollowing the external assessment you are responsible for making sure any files saved by the learner (the files worked on and printed out throughout the external assessment) should be deleted completely from the computer used. This must be done as learners may sit the same external assessment at the same computer, and cannot have access to already completed files. Please feel free to ask your learners to delete these files before they leave the examination room.\r\nThe data files\r\nThroughout the academic session, additional files will be added to this collection, so please check regularly. ","seoData":" ICT Pre-Release Data Files (paper based assessment only) All data files should be set up prior to each ICT external assessment taking place.","umbracoSearchHide":"0","url":"/delivery-and-learner-support/functional-skills/ict-assessment-resources-prep/ict-pre-release-data-files-paper-based-assessment-only/","__NodeId":"1931","__IndexType":"directory"}},{"DocId":109,"Id":14990,"Score":0.000411729969,"Fields":{"id":"14990","heading":"Results and post results","content":"This section provides guidance for centres relating to results release, supporting documents to understand results, and the available post-results services.\r\nResults\r\nExternal assessment results will be available in the NCFE Portal on the published day of results release.\r\nThe timetable for results release dates for V Certs, CACHE qualifications, and reformed Functional Skills paper-based external assessments can be found in our external assessment timetable.\r\nResults slips can be generated for printing if required from the Portal. For support with this please see our Portal User Guide.\r\nOur Reformed Functional Skills online external assessments are on-demand, meaning there are no published results release dates. Our Functional Skills results service is super-fast, which means you're not left waiting around, with a 6 working days turnaround from Spring 2020.\r\nT Level results information for summer 2022\r\nIn the Spring and Summer each year, providers will receive results from the autumn and summer series of T Level assessments. The Understanding your results – T Level technical qualifications document is aimed at supporting Providers in understanding what results are available, where they can be accessed, and how to understand them.\r\nPost-Results Services\r\nWe offer a range of post results services across our suites of qualifications to support centres and learners.\r\nChief Examiner Reports and Sample Papers\r\nChief Examiner reports, past and sample assessment materials, mark schemes*, and other relevant supporting documentation can be found on the relevant qualification page on our website.  \r\n*Not available for all qualifications\r\nAccess to Scripts\r\nOur Level 1/2 Technical Awards (V Certs) and T Level qualifications are covered by our access to scripts service. This service allows centres to request a scanned copy of their marked external assessment papers.\r\nFor information regarding this service, costs, timescales, and how to submit a request please visit our access to scripts page.\r\nLearner Feedback\r\nExclusive to our Functional Skills suite of qualifications, centres can receive up to three different types of learner feedback:\r\n\r\nOnline automated feedback  – this is available for all English and maths online assessments, and can be downloaded within our online assessment system at no extra cost.\r\nCompact and rich feedback reports – these provide a more comprehensive breakdown of your learner's assessment, completed by a subject specialist.\r\n\r\nEnquiries about Results\r\nWe understand that there are times when a learner or centre feels that a result is variance with their reasonable expectations.\r\nAn enquiry about the result can be submitted by a centre on behalf of the learner, however before doing so, please ensure you are familiar with our Enquiries about Results and Assessment Decisions Policy.\r\nEnquiry about results options available to centres are:\r\n\r\nClerical check: A clerical check includes ensuring all marks or grades awarded to the learner(s) have been correctly recorded and processed.\r\nReview of marking: A review of marking is carried out by the Chief Examiner, or an appropriate standardised marker, to ensure that the agreed mark scheme/standard has been applied correctly.\r\nEnquiries about assessment decisions: An enquiry about an internally marked assessment allows the opportunity for checks to be made on whether the assessment criteria were fairly, reliably and consistently applied during the external quality assurance process. This is known as a Review of Moderation for T Level qualifications.\r\n\r\nAll enquiries about results requests must be submitted using our Enquiries about Results and Assessment Decisions form within the published timescales.\r\nAppeals\r\nThe purpose of an appeal is to independently establish if NCFE has applied the correct processes, procedures and policies in a fair and consistent way.\r\nAll appeals must be submitted within 30 days of being informed of our original assessment decision and may incur a fee to cover administrative costs.\r\nTo submit an appeal, please first review our Appeals Policy, then complete and return the appeals form within the relevant timescales.\r\nPlease note: An appeal is not a further opportunity for a review of marking, but to allow you to outline your views and present evidence where you believe we did not apply our procedures consistently, properly, or fairly.\r\nComplaints\r\nAny other area which has resulted in your dissatisfaction may be addressed via our Complaints Procedure.\r\nGrade Boundaries and UMS\r\nFor scored external assessments within the CACHE and V Certs suites we’ll publish grade boundaries upon results release. These grade boundaries will be available within the Chief Examiner report, a supporting document found on the relevant qualification page.\r\nOur Technical Awards also employ a Uniform Mark Scheme (UMS) in their scoring. This is a system whereby the raw mark from a learner's paper is converted into a uniform mark (UMS). This is in order to ensure comparability of outcomes between external assessments taken across different assessment sessions.   The UMS grade boundaries are fixed, but the conversion scale of raw marks to UMS changes with every assessment session so that learners are not advantaged or disadvantaged by sitting a paper in any particular window. The grade boundaries for each sitting of the external assessment are determined during our awarding process following an external assessment.\r\nFor more information about UMS and how it is used to determine overall qualification grades, please refer to the relevant qualification specification.","searchableData":"This section provides guidance for centres relating to results release, supporting documents to understand results, and the available post-results services.\r\nResults\r\nExternal assessment results will be available in the NCFE Portal on the published day of results release.\r\nThe timetable for results release dates for V Certs, CACHE qualifications, and reformed Functional Skills paper-based external assessments can be found in our external assessment timetable.\r\nResults slips can be generated for printing if required from the Portal. For support with this please see our Portal User Guide.\r\nOur Reformed Functional Skills online external assessments are on-demand, meaning there are no published results release dates. Our Functional Skills results service is super-fast, which means you're not left waiting around, with a 6 working days turnaround from Spring 2020.\r\nT Level results information for summer 2022\r\nIn the Spring and Summer each year, providers will receive results from the autumn and summer series of T Level assessments. The Understanding your results – T Level technical qualifications document is aimed at supporting Providers in understanding what results are available, where they can be accessed, and how to understand them.\r\nPost-Results Services\r\nWe offer a range of post results services across our suites of qualifications to support centres and learners.\r\nChief Examiner Reports and Sample Papers\r\nChief Examiner reports, past and sample assessment materials, mark schemes*, and other relevant supporting documentation can be found on the relevant qualification page on our website.  \r\n*Not available for all qualifications\r\nAccess to Scripts\r\nOur Level 1/2 Technical Awards (V Certs) and T Level qualifications are covered by our access to scripts service. This service allows centres to request a scanned copy of their marked external assessment papers.\r\nFor information regarding this service, costs, timescales, and how to submit a request please visit our access to scripts page.\r\nLearner Feedback\r\nExclusive to our Functional Skills suite of qualifications, centres can receive up to three different types of learner feedback:\r\n\r\nOnline automated feedback  – this is available for all English and maths online assessments, and can be downloaded within our online assessment system at no extra cost.\r\nCompact and rich feedback reports – these provide a more comprehensive breakdown of your learner's assessment, completed by a subject specialist.\r\n\r\nEnquiries about Results\r\nWe understand that there are times when a learner or centre feels that a result is variance with their reasonable expectations.\r\nAn enquiry about the result can be submitted by a centre on behalf of the learner, however before doing so, please ensure you are familiar with our Enquiries about Results and Assessment Decisions Policy.\r\nEnquiry about results options available to centres are:\r\n\r\nClerical check: A clerical check includes ensuring all marks or grades awarded to the learner(s) have been correctly recorded and processed.\r\nReview of marking: A review of marking is carried out by the Chief Examiner, or an appropriate standardised marker, to ensure that the agreed mark scheme/standard has been applied correctly.\r\nEnquiries about assessment decisions: An enquiry about an internally marked assessment allows the opportunity for checks to be made on whether the assessment criteria were fairly, reliably and consistently applied during the external quality assurance process. This is known as a Review of Moderation for T Level qualifications.\r\n\r\nAll enquiries about results requests must be submitted using our Enquiries about Results and Assessment Decisions form within the published timescales.\r\nAppeals\r\nThe purpose of an appeal is to independently establish if NCFE has applied the correct processes, procedures and policies in a fair and consistent way.\r\nAll appeals must be submitted within 30 days of being informed of our original assessment decision and may incur a fee to cover administrative costs.\r\nTo submit an appeal, please first review our Appeals Policy, then complete and return the appeals form within the relevant timescales.\r\nPlease note: An appeal is not a further opportunity for a review of marking, but to allow you to outline your views and present evidence where you believe we did not apply our procedures consistently, properly, or fairly.\r\nComplaints\r\nAny other area which has resulted in your dissatisfaction may be addressed via our Complaints Procedure.\r\nGrade Boundaries and UMS\r\nFor scored external assessments within the CACHE and V Certs suites we’ll publish grade boundaries upon results release. These grade boundaries will be available within the Chief Examiner report, a supporting document found on the relevant qualification page.\r\nOur Technical Awards also employ a Uniform Mark Scheme (UMS) in their scoring. This is a system whereby the raw mark from a learner's paper is converted into a uniform mark (UMS). This is in order to ensure comparability of outcomes between external assessments taken across different assessment sessions.   The UMS grade boundaries are fixed, but the conversion scale of raw marks to UMS changes with every assessment session so that learners are not advantaged or disadvantaged by sitting a paper in any particular window. The grade boundaries for each sitting of the external assessment are determined during our awarding process following an external assessment.\r\nFor more information about UMS and how it is used to determine overall qualification grades, please refer to the relevant qualification specification.","umbracoSearchHide":"0","url":"/delivery-and-learner-support/exams-administration-and-support/results-and-post-results/","__NodeId":"14990","__IndexType":"directory"}},{"DocId":51,"Id":16543,"Score":0.00040759187,"Fields":{"id":"16543","heading":"Functional Skills update – September 2022","content":"Introduction of new assessments into the paper bank (Functional Skills)\r\nWhat are we doing?\r\nTo ensure we meet our regulatory requirements we are required to introduce new assessment papers into our live bank on a regular basis. This helps maintain the validity and reliability of our assessments while allowing us to repurpose papers for mock assessments.\r\nAs new assessments are introduced into the paper bank, they are required to go through an awarding process with live learner data, which allows us to set a valid and reliable pass mark for those assessments.\r\nIn a period where we introduce new assessment papers, we must temporarily put a hold on our 6-day turnaround to ensure we capture as wide a range of learner attempts as possible to ensure we can determine a valid pass mark that does not disadvantage learners.\r\nWhat does this mean?\r\nThis session we want to support you in the planning of your assessments by providing you with the dates we intend to introduce new assessment papers for the full academic session. This means you can identify when a new assessment paper will be introduced for the assessment format and when learners’ results will be released if they sit that assessment.\r\nThis allows you to plan your assessments while being able to factor in the timeframe between sitting an assessment and getting the results for your learners. All results of a newly awarded paper will be given a specific release date so you know when your learner will be due to get their result.\r\nWhat about 6-day turnaround?\r\nShould you not receive the learners results within 6 working days after the assessment is uploaded to our online assessment system or returned to NCFE if paper based, then you will receive the result by the below advertised date.\r\nAny assessments sat or uploaded outside of the dates in which we plan to introduce new assessment papers will be released as normal within 6 working days.\r\nWhat are the dates?\r\nThe below dates show the different dates where we will be introducing new assessment papers, please note other assessments will be available as normal outside of the specific assessment type.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nDelivery mode\r\n\r\n\r\nAssessment date to and from\r\n\r\n\r\nResults release\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOn-screen \r\n\r\n\r\n29/09/2022 - 01/11/2022\r\n\r\n\r\n08 Nov 2022\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nRI\r\n\r\n\r\n27/10/2022 - 30/11/2022\r\n\r\n\r\n07 Dec 2022\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPaper-based\r\n\r\n\r\n28/11/2022 - 04/01/2023\r\n\r\n\r\n11 Jan 2023\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOn-screen\r\n\r\n\r\n16/01/2023 - 16/02/2023\r\n\r\n\r\n23 Feb 2023\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nRI\r\n\r\n\r\n13/02/2023 - 14/03/2023\r\n\r\n\r\n21 Mar 2023\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPaper-based\r\n\r\n\r\n13/03/2032 - 14/04/2023\r\n\r\n\r\n21 Apr 2023\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOn-screen\r\n\r\n\r\n02/05/2023 - 02/06/2023\r\n\r\n\r\n09 Jun 2023\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n*Information correct at time of publication - September 22","searchableData":"Introduction of new assessments into the paper bank (Functional Skills)\r\nWhat are we doing?\r\nTo ensure we meet our regulatory requirements we are required to introduce new assessment papers into our live bank on a regular basis. This helps maintain the validity and reliability of our assessments while allowing us to repurpose papers for mock assessments.\r\nAs new assessments are introduced into the paper bank, they are required to go through an awarding process with live learner data, which allows us to set a valid and reliable pass mark for those assessments.\r\nIn a period where we introduce new assessment papers, we must temporarily put a hold on our 6-day turnaround to ensure we capture as wide a range of learner attempts as possible to ensure we can determine a valid pass mark that does not disadvantage learners.\r\nWhat does this mean?\r\nThis session we want to support you in the planning of your assessments by providing you with the dates we intend to introduce new assessment papers for the full academic session. This means you can identify when a new assessment paper will be introduced for the assessment format and when learners’ results will be released if they sit that assessment.\r\nThis allows you to plan your assessments while being able to factor in the timeframe between sitting an assessment and getting the results for your learners. All results of a newly awarded paper will be given a specific release date so you know when your learner will be due to get their result.\r\nWhat about 6-day turnaround?\r\nShould you not receive the learners results within 6 working days after the assessment is uploaded to our online assessment system or returned to NCFE if paper based, then you will receive the result by the below advertised date.\r\nAny assessments sat or uploaded outside of the dates in which we plan to introduce new assessment papers will be released as normal within 6 working days.\r\nWhat are the dates?\r\nThe below dates show the different dates where we will be introducing new assessment papers, please note other assessments will be available as normal outside of the specific assessment type.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nDelivery mode\r\n\r\n\r\nAssessment date to and from\r\n\r\n\r\nResults release\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOn-screen \r\n\r\n\r\n29/09/2022 - 01/11/2022\r\n\r\n\r\n08 Nov 2022\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nRI\r\n\r\n\r\n27/10/2022 - 30/11/2022\r\n\r\n\r\n07 Dec 2022\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPaper-based\r\n\r\n\r\n28/11/2022 - 04/01/2023\r\n\r\n\r\n11 Jan 2023\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOn-screen\r\n\r\n\r\n16/01/2023 - 16/02/2023\r\n\r\n\r\n23 Feb 2023\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nRI\r\n\r\n\r\n13/02/2023 - 14/03/2023\r\n\r\n\r\n21 Mar 2023\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPaper-based\r\n\r\n\r\n13/03/2032 - 14/04/2023\r\n\r\n\r\n21 Apr 2023\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOn-screen\r\n\r\n\r\n02/05/2023 - 02/06/2023\r\n\r\n\r\n09 Jun 2023\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n*Information correct at time of publication - September 22","umbracoSearchHide":"0","url":"/delivery-and-learner-support/functional-skills/functional-skills-update/","__NodeId":"16543","__IndexType":"directory"}},{"DocId":8,"Id":1959,"Score":0.0004034113,"Fields":{"id":"1959","heading":"E-Portfolio Systems","content":"An e-portfolio is a software based application designed to replicate a learner’s paper based portfolio. It allows the learner to gather and store evidence electronically and securely, which the Tutor, Assessor, Manager and Internal Quality Assurer (or any combination of these) can then access remotely for a variety of purposes. Held on a secure server, an e-portfolio allows learners to dynamically interact with their own qualification and have more control over which pieces of evidence they submit and what criteria it covers.\r\nThe advantages of this type of system are numerous and include:\r\n\r\na reduction in costs of assessment and quality assurance\r\nthe ability for learners to upload information whenever they are at a computer\r\nthe facility for internal and external quality assurance\r\nthe facility for the learners' Line Manager to check progress\r\nthe ability to store electronic evidence such as video, sound files or photographs\r\nthe reduced impact of ‘lost portfolios’\r\nthe safe storage of current and archived portfolios.\r\n\r\nHow does it work?\r\nThe qualification is broken down into component parts and these are listed for the benefit of the learner. When the learner uploads a piece of evidence to the system, this is flagged to their Assessor who can assess this straight away, regardless of where they are, as long as they have access to the internet.\r\nAs soon as the assessment has been completed, the learner is informed of which criteria the evidence has met and therefore can see their progress almost immediately.\r\nA similar process occurs with internal and external quality assurance which can increase the speed of this process tremendously.\r\nWhich system should I use?\r\nWe recommend SkillsPortfolio from Skills Foward.\r\nWe have quality approved the systems below that we would recommend you consider. To gain approval from us, these providers were successful in a rigorous reviewing process. The process looked at whether they met our criteria for ease of access, usability, security, audit trails, support and cost.\r\nNCFE’s approved provider\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSkills Portfolio\r\nSkillsPortfolio is an online library of the evidence you need of your learners' work and progress. \r\nIt is a dynamic and comprehensive portfolio management tool which will eliminate those mountains of paperwork.  It has fully integrated qualification tracking. \r\nSupporting Ofsted's philosophy of personalised, individualised learning, the system also conforms to RARPA's (Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement) process of recording progress.\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOther e-portfolio providers:\r\nCalibrand\r\nCalibrand e-Portfolio is a powerful application that allows you to track the progress of learners through all stages of their training programmes and qualifications, learners, assessors, IV’s, EV’s and managers can access the e-portfolio system securely, via the Internet, at anytime. The learner portfolio is transferable and exchangeable, providing a Currency for Talent®.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLaser Systems\r\nThe Laser has been designed by teaching and learning professionals to deliver the best learning experience for learners, and assessment experience for assessors, IQAs, and administrators. Their e-portfolio has been designed for learners of all ages and abilities, with careful consideration given to the fact that everyone learns differently and some people have additional needs or require additional support.\r\nWhether you’re a learner with a lot of computer skills, or an assessor who has never used an e-portfolio before, their system is logical and easy to navigate, with clear notifications and easy communication between learner and assessor.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nOneFile\r\nManage all of your assessment needs in one paperless system. Perfect for apprenticeships, NVQ, BTEC and all criteria-based qualifications.\r\nDeveloped by our team of former assessors, OneFile has created a user-friendly solution to make life easier for the education and training sector.\r\nEngagement between assessors and learners is more streamlined than ever. For the first time, users can work in sync to complete qualifications whenever and however they wish.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nQualsDirect\r\nQuals Direct are an independent ePortfolio solution, specialising in vocational qualifications being delivered by Colleges and Training Companies throughout the UK and Overseas. Helping to support thousands of learners every year on a range of Apprenticeships, Diplomas and BTEC qualifications; we provide a first class service aiding your learners to complete their qualification.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nSkilSure\r\nSkilSure is a leading independently-owned e-portfolio solution specially designed to meet the needs of colleges, training providers and major corporations delivering vocational qualifications and apprenticeships in all regions of the UK and internationally. Built with responsive design it runs perfectly on all mobile devices without the need for an app.\r\nUnderpinned by an industrial-strength relational database, in addition to all the usual features of an e-portfolio, SkilSure offers a predictive yet customisable IQA sampling plan, the ability to map evidence down to the range level, a fully integrated e-assessment package and the ability to link resources of any type to units in the qualification.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSkillWise\r\nSkillWise, the home of VQManager e-portfolio, is a web-delivered system which assists organisations in their delivery of work-based learning and traditional FE qualifications.\r\nVQManager was first used in 2006, and has since attracted an extensive and broad base of customers including FE colleges, private training providers, local authorities and the NHS.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSmart Assessor\r\nSmart Assessor is a fresh and innovative web hosted e-portfolio designed to make evidencing competencies more enjoyable for apprentices and their assessors. The Smart Assessor app enables you to access the learner's portfolio from any tablet or smart phone offline even when you do not have an internet connection. Unlike other e-portfolios our app works with laptops too.Smart Assessor comes with an integrated web conference room we call them Smart Rooms. Assessors can use them to interact with learners 'virtually' over the web, in between formal face to face reviews. In the Smart Rooms you can record audio for Professional discussion, Q&A sessions and review progress. Anything you can record in the Smart Room with your learners and employers can be mapped into the e-portfolio as evidence. The Smart Rooms are a great way of reducing travel time and costs whilst giving your work based learners a richer learning experience.\r\nWhat's more it's really easy to get started because Smart Assessor comes pre-loaded with your NCFE apprenticeship pathways hosted in the 'cloud' ready to use\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nWhat next? \r\nIf you want to find out more about any of these e-portfolio providers, or if you’re interested in using their system, please contact them directly. Their details can be found on their websites.","searchableData":"An e-portfolio is a software based application designed to replicate a learner’s paper based portfolio. It allows the learner to gather and store evidence electronically and securely, which the Tutor, Assessor, Manager and Internal Quality Assurer (or any combination of these) can then access remotely for a variety of purposes. Held on a secure server, an e-portfolio allows learners to dynamically interact with their own qualification and have more control over which pieces of evidence they submit and what criteria it covers.\r\nThe advantages of this type of system are numerous and include:\r\n\r\na reduction in costs of assessment and quality assurance\r\nthe ability for learners to upload information whenever they are at a computer\r\nthe facility for internal and external quality assurance\r\nthe facility for the learners' Line Manager to check progress\r\nthe ability to store electronic evidence such as video, sound files or photographs\r\nthe reduced impact of ‘lost portfolios’\r\nthe safe storage of current and archived portfolios.\r\n\r\nHow does it work?\r\nThe qualification is broken down into component parts and these are listed for the benefit of the learner. When the learner uploads a piece of evidence to the system, this is flagged to their Assessor who can assess this straight away, regardless of where they are, as long as they have access to the internet.\r\nAs soon as the assessment has been completed, the learner is informed of which criteria the evidence has met and therefore can see their progress almost immediately.\r\nA similar process occurs with internal and external quality assurance which can increase the speed of this process tremendously.\r\nWhich system should I use?\r\nWe recommend SkillsPortfolio from Skills Foward.\r\nWe have quality approved the systems below that we would recommend you consider. To gain approval from us, these providers were successful in a rigorous reviewing process. The process looked at whether they met our criteria for ease of access, usability, security, audit trails, support and cost.\r\nNCFE’s approved provider\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSkills Portfolio\r\nSkillsPortfolio is an online library of the evidence you need of your learners' work and progress. \r\nIt is a dynamic and comprehensive portfolio management tool which will eliminate those mountains of paperwork.  It has fully integrated qualification tracking. \r\nSupporting Ofsted's philosophy of personalised, individualised learning, the system also conforms to RARPA's (Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement) process of recording progress.\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOther e-portfolio providers:\r\nCalibrand\r\nCalibrand e-Portfolio is a powerful application that allows you to track the progress of learners through all stages of their training programmes and qualifications, learners, assessors, IV’s, EV’s and managers can access the e-portfolio system securely, via the Internet, at anytime. The learner portfolio is transferable and exchangeable, providing a Currency for Talent®.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLaser Systems\r\nThe Laser has been designed by teaching and learning professionals to deliver the best learning experience for learners, and assessment experience for assessors, IQAs, and administrators. Their e-portfolio has been designed for learners of all ages and abilities, with careful consideration given to the fact that everyone learns differently and some people have additional needs or require additional support.\r\nWhether you’re a learner with a lot of computer skills, or an assessor who has never used an e-portfolio before, their system is logical and easy to navigate, with clear notifications and easy communication between learner and assessor.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nOneFile\r\nManage all of your assessment needs in one paperless system. Perfect for apprenticeships, NVQ, BTEC and all criteria-based qualifications.\r\nDeveloped by our team of former assessors, OneFile has created a user-friendly solution to make life easier for the education and training sector.\r\nEngagement between assessors and learners is more streamlined than ever. For the first time, users can work in sync to complete qualifications whenever and however they wish.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nQualsDirect\r\nQuals Direct are an independent ePortfolio solution, specialising in vocational qualifications being delivered by Colleges and Training Companies throughout the UK and Overseas. Helping to support thousands of learners every year on a range of Apprenticeships, Diplomas and BTEC qualifications; we provide a first class service aiding your learners to complete their qualification.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nSkilSure\r\nSkilSure is a leading independently-owned e-portfolio solution specially designed to meet the needs of colleges, training providers and major corporations delivering vocational qualifications and apprenticeships in all regions of the UK and internationally. Built with responsive design it runs perfectly on all mobile devices without the need for an app.\r\nUnderpinned by an industrial-strength relational database, in addition to all the usual features of an e-portfolio, SkilSure offers a predictive yet customisable IQA sampling plan, the ability to map evidence down to the range level, a fully integrated e-assessment package and the ability to link resources of any type to units in the qualification.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSkillWise\r\nSkillWise, the home of VQManager e-portfolio, is a web-delivered system which assists organisations in their delivery of work-based learning and traditional FE qualifications.\r\nVQManager was first used in 2006, and has since attracted an extensive and broad base of customers including FE colleges, private training providers, local authorities and the NHS.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSmart Assessor\r\nSmart Assessor is a fresh and innovative web hosted e-portfolio designed to make evidencing competencies more enjoyable for apprentices and their assessors. The Smart Assessor app enables you to access the learner's portfolio from any tablet or smart phone offline even when you do not have an internet connection. Unlike other e-portfolios our app works with laptops too.Smart Assessor comes with an integrated web conference room we call them Smart Rooms. Assessors can use them to interact with learners 'virtually' over the web, in between formal face to face reviews. In the Smart Rooms you can record audio for Professional discussion, Q&A sessions and review progress. Anything you can record in the Smart Room with your learners and employers can be mapped into the e-portfolio as evidence. The Smart Rooms are a great way of reducing travel time and costs whilst giving your work based learners a richer learning experience.\r\nWhat's more it's really easy to get started because Smart Assessor comes pre-loaded with your NCFE apprenticeship pathways hosted in the 'cloud' ready to use\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nWhat next? \r\nIf you want to find out more about any of these e-portfolio providers, or if you’re interested in using their system, please contact them directly. Their details can be found on their websites.","seoData":" E-Portfolio Systems Find out more about E-Portfolio Systems for NCFE and CACHE qualifications, including our partners ForSkills.","umbracoSearchHide":"0","url":"/delivery-and-learner-support/learning-technologies-and-resources/e-portfolio-systems/","__NodeId":"1959","__IndexType":"directory"}},{"DocId":37,"Id":17022,"Score":0.0004034113,"Fields":{"id":"17022","heading":"T Level Events","content":"T Level delivery support webinars\r\nThe events you’ll find on this page are designed for T Level Education and Childcare providers who started delivery in September 2020. We offer a range of events, including on-boarding webinars, continuous professional development (CPD) sessions and subject specific sessions in collaboration with external partners.\r\nOn-boarding\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCPD\r\nNumber\r\n\r\n\r\nTitle\r\n\r\n\r\nWhen\r\n\r\n\r\nWho it is aimed at\r\n\r\n\r\nDescription\r\n\r\n\r\nLink\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n121\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare: Planning year 2 teaching and learning and preparing students for the second year\r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nAimed at teachers and assessors of the Education & Childcare T-Level, this session will explore planning for year 2 subject specialist delivery and how to prepare students for the second year of their T-Level programme\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n118\r\n\r\n\r\nCheckpoint 3\r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nThis is an E&C T-level Checkpoint Webinar for 2020 Providers starting delivery in Sept 20. The webinar will adopt a workshop format and cover: reflection on progress throughout the year, preparation for and conduct of assessment, lessons learned, and plans for next year’s delivery\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n85\r\n\r\n\r\nCheckpoint 2\r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nThis is an E&C T-level Checkpoint Webinar for 2020 Providers starting delivery in Sept 20. The webinar will adopt a workshop format and cover: Reflection on progress to date, issues encountered with delivery, resource updates, QA Processes and signposting to other events and webinars\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n82\r\n\r\n\r\nInduction (Checkpoint 1)\r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nThis is an E&C T-level Induction Webinar for 2020 Provider starting delivery in Sept 20. The webinar will adopt a workshop format and cover: Overview of delivery plans, Update on key assessment dates, resources checklist, Industry placement provisions, entry requirements and Initial assessment. Followed by Q&A\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCPD sessions\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCPD ID Number\r\n\r\n\r\nTitle\r\n\r\n\r\nWhen\r\n\r\n\r\nWho it is aimed at\r\n\r\n\r\nDescription\r\n\r\n\r\nLink\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n309\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare - The New EYFS\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nThis CPD session is for teachers and assessors of the Education and Childcare T Level. It will explore the new EYFS framework and evaluate its impact on the T Level programme.\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n310\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare Moderation for the Occupational Specialisms\r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nThis session is aimed at teachers and assessors of the Education & Childcare T Level. It will examine the moderation process for the Early Years Educator and Assisting Teaching Occupational Specialisms.\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n122\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare:  Maintaining and updating subject knowledge\r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nAimed at teachers and assessors of the Education & Childcare T-Level, this session will evaluate the areas of specialist knowledge needed to support students’ progression in the occupational specialisms\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording   \r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n351\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level OS standardisation\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nThis webinar is aimed at assessors of the T Level in Education and Childcare, providing the standardisation training required to assess assignment 2. It will relate to both the Early Years Educator and Assisting Teaching Occupational Specialisms and will focus on the Structured Observations carried out in the second year of delivery.\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n124\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare:  Motivating and inspiring students in year 2\r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nAimed at teachers and assessors of the Education & Childcare T-Level, this session will evaluate motivation strategies and how to improve and maintain high standards of work from students. It will also review assessment and recording of student progress\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n125\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare: Innovative Teaching strategies\r\n\r\n\r\n21 Jan\r\n3-4pm\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nAimed at teachers of the Education & Childcare T-Level, this session will explore alternative teaching and learning strategies\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n126\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare: Review of the T-Level Education & Childcare programme\r\n\r\n\r\n10 May\r\n3-4pm\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nAimed at members of staff who have been involved in the planning, delivery and/or assessment of the Education and Childcare T-Level, this session will review the lessons learned on completion of the programme, and review how they will/may impact on the planning and delivery and assessment of the programme going forward. It will celebrate and share success and help to identify strategies for the future\r\n\r\n\r\nRegister now\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCPD on demand\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCPD ID Number\r\n\r\n\r\nTitle\r\n\r\n\r\nWhen\r\n\r\n\r\nWho it is aimed at\r\n\r\n\r\nDescription\r\n\r\n\r\nLink\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n309\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare - The New EYFS\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nThis CPD session is for teachers and assessors of the Education and Childcare T Level. It will explore the new EYFS framework and evaluate its impact on the T Level programme.\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n310\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare Moderation for the Occupational Specialisms\r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nThis session is aimed at teachers and assessors of the Education & Childcare T Level. It will examine the moderation process for the Early Years Educator and Assisting Teaching Occupational Specialisms.\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n122\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare:  Maintaining and updating subject knowledge\r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nAimed at teachers and assessors of the Education & Childcare T-Level, this session will evaluate the areas of specialist knowledge needed to support students’ progression in the occupational specialisms\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording   \r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n351\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level OS standardisation\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nThis webinar is aimed at assessors of the T Level in Education and Childcare, providing the standardisation training required to assess assignment 2. It will relate to both the Early Years Educator and Assisting Teaching Occupational Specialisms and will focus on the Structured Observations carried out in the second year of delivery.\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n124\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare:  Motivating and inspiring students in year 2\r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nAimed at teachers and assessors of the Education & Childcare T-Level, this session will evaluate motivation strategies and how to improve and maintain high standards of work from students. It will also review assessment and recording of student progress\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n125\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare: Innovative Teaching strategies\r\n\r\n\r\n21 Jan\r\n3-4pm\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nAimed at teachers of the Education & Childcare T-Level, this session will explore alternative teaching and learning strategies\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n126\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare: Review of the T-Level Education & Childcare programme\r\n\r\n\r\n10 May\r\n3-4pm\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nAimed at members of staff who have been involved in the planning, delivery and/or assessment of the Education and Childcare T-Level, this session will review the lessons learned on completion of the programme, and review how they will/may impact on the planning and delivery and assessment of the programme going forward. It will celebrate and share success and help to identify strategies for the future\r\n\r\n\r\nRegister now\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","searchableData":"T Level delivery support webinars\r\nThe events you’ll find on this page are designed for T Level Education and Childcare providers who started delivery in September 2020. We offer a range of events, including on-boarding webinars, continuous professional development (CPD) sessions and subject specific sessions in collaboration with external partners.\r\nOn-boarding\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCPD\r\nNumber\r\n\r\n\r\nTitle\r\n\r\n\r\nWhen\r\n\r\n\r\nWho it is aimed at\r\n\r\n\r\nDescription\r\n\r\n\r\nLink\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n121\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare: Planning year 2 teaching and learning and preparing students for the second year\r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nAimed at teachers and assessors of the Education & Childcare T-Level, this session will explore planning for year 2 subject specialist delivery and how to prepare students for the second year of their T-Level programme\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n118\r\n\r\n\r\nCheckpoint 3\r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nThis is an E&C T-level Checkpoint Webinar for 2020 Providers starting delivery in Sept 20. The webinar will adopt a workshop format and cover: reflection on progress throughout the year, preparation for and conduct of assessment, lessons learned, and plans for next year’s delivery\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n85\r\n\r\n\r\nCheckpoint 2\r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nThis is an E&C T-level Checkpoint Webinar for 2020 Providers starting delivery in Sept 20. The webinar will adopt a workshop format and cover: Reflection on progress to date, issues encountered with delivery, resource updates, QA Processes and signposting to other events and webinars\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n82\r\n\r\n\r\nInduction (Checkpoint 1)\r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nThis is an E&C T-level Induction Webinar for 2020 Provider starting delivery in Sept 20. The webinar will adopt a workshop format and cover: Overview of delivery plans, Update on key assessment dates, resources checklist, Industry placement provisions, entry requirements and Initial assessment. Followed by Q&A\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCPD sessions\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCPD ID Number\r\n\r\n\r\nTitle\r\n\r\n\r\nWhen\r\n\r\n\r\nWho it is aimed at\r\n\r\n\r\nDescription\r\n\r\n\r\nLink\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n309\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare - The New EYFS\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nThis CPD session is for teachers and assessors of the Education and Childcare T Level. It will explore the new EYFS framework and evaluate its impact on the T Level programme.\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n310\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare Moderation for the Occupational Specialisms\r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nThis session is aimed at teachers and assessors of the Education & Childcare T Level. It will examine the moderation process for the Early Years Educator and Assisting Teaching Occupational Specialisms.\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n122\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare:  Maintaining and updating subject knowledge\r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nAimed at teachers and assessors of the Education & Childcare T-Level, this session will evaluate the areas of specialist knowledge needed to support students’ progression in the occupational specialisms\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording   \r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n351\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level OS standardisation\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nThis webinar is aimed at assessors of the T Level in Education and Childcare, providing the standardisation training required to assess assignment 2. It will relate to both the Early Years Educator and Assisting Teaching Occupational Specialisms and will focus on the Structured Observations carried out in the second year of delivery.\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n124\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare:  Motivating and inspiring students in year 2\r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nAimed at teachers and assessors of the Education & Childcare T-Level, this session will evaluate motivation strategies and how to improve and maintain high standards of work from students. It will also review assessment and recording of student progress\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n125\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare: Innovative Teaching strategies\r\n\r\n\r\n21 Jan\r\n3-4pm\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nAimed at teachers of the Education & Childcare T-Level, this session will explore alternative teaching and learning strategies\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n126\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare: Review of the T-Level Education & Childcare programme\r\n\r\n\r\n10 May\r\n3-4pm\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nAimed at members of staff who have been involved in the planning, delivery and/or assessment of the Education and Childcare T-Level, this session will review the lessons learned on completion of the programme, and review how they will/may impact on the planning and delivery and assessment of the programme going forward. It will celebrate and share success and help to identify strategies for the future\r\n\r\n\r\nRegister now\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCPD on demand\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCPD ID Number\r\n\r\n\r\nTitle\r\n\r\n\r\nWhen\r\n\r\n\r\nWho it is aimed at\r\n\r\n\r\nDescription\r\n\r\n\r\nLink\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n309\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare - The New EYFS\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nThis CPD session is for teachers and assessors of the Education and Childcare T Level. It will explore the new EYFS framework and evaluate its impact on the T Level programme.\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n310\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare Moderation for the Occupational Specialisms\r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nThis session is aimed at teachers and assessors of the Education & Childcare T Level. It will examine the moderation process for the Early Years Educator and Assisting Teaching Occupational Specialisms.\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n122\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare:  Maintaining and updating subject knowledge\r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nAimed at teachers and assessors of the Education & Childcare T-Level, this session will evaluate the areas of specialist knowledge needed to support students’ progression in the occupational specialisms\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording   \r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n351\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level OS standardisation\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nThis webinar is aimed at assessors of the T Level in Education and Childcare, providing the standardisation training required to assess assignment 2. It will relate to both the Early Years Educator and Assisting Teaching Occupational Specialisms and will focus on the Structured Observations carried out in the second year of delivery.\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n124\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare:  Motivating and inspiring students in year 2\r\n\r\n\r\nOn demand\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nAimed at teachers and assessors of the Education & Childcare T-Level, this session will evaluate motivation strategies and how to improve and maintain high standards of work from students. It will also review assessment and recording of student progress\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n125\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare: Innovative Teaching strategies\r\n\r\n\r\n21 Jan\r\n3-4pm\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nAimed at teachers of the Education & Childcare T-Level, this session will explore alternative teaching and learning strategies\r\n\r\n\r\nView recording\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n126\r\n\r\n\r\nT Level Education & Childcare: Review of the T-Level Education & Childcare programme\r\n\r\n\r\n10 May\r\n3-4pm\r\n\r\n\r\nPractitioners\r\n\r\n\r\nAimed at members of staff who have been involved in the planning, delivery and/or assessment of the Education and Childcare T-Level, this session will review the lessons learned on completion of the programme, and review how they will/may impact on the planning and delivery and assessment of the programme going forward. It will celebrate and share success and help to identify strategies for the future\r\n\r\n\r\nRegister now\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","seoData":" T Level Events Our training event is aimed at educators, assessors, and practitioners who are preparing to deliver the new T Level TQ Education and Childcare: Education.","umbracoSearchHide":"0","url":"/delivery-and-learner-support/support-visits-training-and-events/events/t-level-events/","__NodeId":"17022","__IndexType":"directory"}},{"DocId":141,"Id":30572,"Score":0.0004034113,"Fields":{"id":"30572","heading":"AMR FAQs","content":"What is an annual monitoring review (AMR)?\r\nThe focus of this review is to quality assure a centre’s management systems and administration to ensure they remain compliant with our approval criteria. No learners will be sampled as part of this review, as this will be covered during our external quality assurance or moderation reviews.\r\nCentres will be allocated a Quality Reviewer (QR), who will conduct the AMR across all internally assessed qualifications. This means centres only need to submit generic information around management systems and administration once a year.\r\nFollowing the AMR, centres will receive a report from their QR and will be given an overall risk rating of low, medium or high based on the evidence that was made available. Any actions for centres with a low or medium risk status will be checked at their next review the following session. Actions for centres with a high risk status will be reviewed during an interim review before the end of the session.\r\nThe criteria used to determine this status is outlined in our User Guide to the Annual Monitoring Review. The guide will also support centres when planning for an AMR as it outlines the criteria QRs will check as part of the AMR process, the types of evidence centres can make available to meet the criteria and how the centre risk rating is calculated.\r\nWhen will the AMR take place?\r\nAMRs will take place each academic session between September and July unless you are a T Level Provider. AMRs for T Level Providers will take place between September and November.\r\nHow will this affect my centre?\r\nAll centres will receive an AMR once a year and there will no longer be a requirement for External Quality Assurers (EQAs) to cover generic policies and procedures at part of our external quality assurance reviews.\r\nCentres will receive one AMR and an external quality assurance or moderation review depending on the qualifications being delivered.\r\nWhy is this changing? \r\nWe value feedback received from our customers and use this to develop our processes, so we can strive to achieve World Class customer service. Many of our customers have indicated that the process of checking generic information covered currently under Management Systems and Administrative Arrangements and Resources at every external quality assurance review is time-consuming and burdensome, so we’ve removed these generic criteria from the external quality assurance review in order to streamline our processes.\r\nHow will this affect current T Level Providers?\r\nT Level Providers may see a change in their allocated QR and the planned review date may need to change now all centres will receive an AMR. Also, the contact for the AMR is changing to the Head of Centre rather than the Programme Contact for Technical Qualification to ensure all qualifications are covered as part of the review. Our Allocations team will be in touch if there are any changes and will confirm who your new QR is via email.\r\nEvery effort will be made to accommodate existing dates that are planned in but if this isn’t possible your QR will work with you to find a suitable alternative.\r\nWhy do we need a centre risk rating?\r\nAs part of our CASS strategy and compliance with Ofqual’s conditions of compliance, H2. Risk rating centres allows us to apply a risk based approach to our quality assurance activities, risk rating centres enables us to tailor our sampling plans and the training and support we can offer our centres.\r\nHow will this affect DCS?\r\nNo. DCS is not linked to the AMR, therefore this will not affect your DCS.\r\nWhat will be external quality assurance review look like?\r\nYou will still receive up to 2 external quality assurance reviews per QA group per session. These reviews will focus solely on assessment and internal quality assurance sampling. No generic information covered currently under management systems and administrative arrangements, and resources will be covered as part of the external quality assurance review process from the 1 August 2022.\r\nWhat happens if I do not upload the required evidence prior to my AMR or external quality assurance review?\r\nFailure to upload all required evidence 48 hours prior to your review will result in your annual monitoring/external quality assurance review being cancelled and we reserve the right to charge in line with our published fees and pricing lists. Should the review be cancelled, a new date will be arranged in line with QR/EQA availability. This may result in delays to certificate claims.\r\nWhat happens if I am missing evidence during my AMR or external quality assurance review?\r\nIf during the review the QR/EQA identifies missing evidence, this will be requested on the day of the review. Failure to supply this on the day will result in an action on the report and you may need to pay for an additional review. This may result in delays to certificate claims.\r\nWhat happens if I need to cancel my AMR or external quality assurance review?\r\nIf a planned AMR or external quality assurance review needs to be cancelled for whatever reason, it is a requirement that a minimum of 10 working days’ notice is provided.\r\nWhilst we acknowledge that today’s work environment is a very busy one, the Programme Contact or Head of Centre would be expected to inform the EQA and our Customer Support team if they need to cancel a review by email.\r\nIf reviews are not cancelled within 10 working days, we reserve the right to charge the centre in line with our published fees and pricing lists.\r\nWho should be the named contact for each review?\r\nResponsibility for the annual monitoring review lies with the person registered with NCFE as Head of Centre. Although the Head of Centre does not need to govern the annual monitoring review, they are responsible for ensuring the person selected to do so has a detailed knowledge of all internal management and administration processes in the centre, that contribute towards the effective delivery of NCFE qualifications.\r\nResponsibility for the external quality assurance review lies with the person registered with NCFE as the Programme Lead for the individual sector. It is the centre’s responsibility to ensure that the correct individual is listed with us and that that individual liaises with all internal colleagues/departments offering the suite of qualifications being reviewed. If this is not managed effectively it could result in the centre being charged for an additional review should a department be missed during sampling.  \r\nCan an external quality assurance review take place before a centre has their AMR?\r\nYes, the AMR does not run-in conjunction with any external quality assurance reviews.","searchableData":"What is an annual monitoring review (AMR)?\r\nThe focus of this review is to quality assure a centre’s management systems and administration to ensure they remain compliant with our approval criteria. No learners will be sampled as part of this review, as this will be covered during our external quality assurance or moderation reviews.\r\nCentres will be allocated a Quality Reviewer (QR), who will conduct the AMR across all internally assessed qualifications. This means centres only need to submit generic information around management systems and administration once a year.\r\nFollowing the AMR, centres will receive a report from their QR and will be given an overall risk rating of low, medium or high based on the evidence that was made available. Any actions for centres with a low or medium risk status will be checked at their next review the following session. Actions for centres with a high risk status will be reviewed during an interim review before the end of the session.\r\nThe criteria used to determine this status is outlined in our User Guide to the Annual Monitoring Review. The guide will also support centres when planning for an AMR as it outlines the criteria QRs will check as part of the AMR process, the types of evidence centres can make available to meet the criteria and how the centre risk rating is calculated.\r\nWhen will the AMR take place?\r\nAMRs will take place each academic session between September and July unless you are a T Level Provider. AMRs for T Level Providers will take place between September and November.\r\nHow will this affect my centre?\r\nAll centres will receive an AMR once a year and there will no longer be a requirement for External Quality Assurers (EQAs) to cover generic policies and procedures at part of our external quality assurance reviews.\r\nCentres will receive one AMR and an external quality assurance or moderation review depending on the qualifications being delivered.\r\nWhy is this changing? \r\nWe value feedback received from our customers and use this to develop our processes, so we can strive to achieve World Class customer service. Many of our customers have indicated that the process of checking generic information covered currently under Management Systems and Administrative Arrangements and Resources at every external quality assurance review is time-consuming and burdensome, so we’ve removed these generic criteria from the external quality assurance review in order to streamline our processes.\r\nHow will this affect current T Level Providers?\r\nT Level Providers may see a change in their allocated QR and the planned review date may need to change now all centres will receive an AMR. Also, the contact for the AMR is changing to the Head of Centre rather than the Programme Contact for Technical Qualification to ensure all qualifications are covered as part of the review. Our Allocations team will be in touch if there are any changes and will confirm who your new QR is via email.\r\nEvery effort will be made to accommodate existing dates that are planned in but if this isn’t possible your QR will work with you to find a suitable alternative.\r\nWhy do we need a centre risk rating?\r\nAs part of our CASS strategy and compliance with Ofqual’s conditions of compliance, H2. Risk rating centres allows us to apply a risk based approach to our quality assurance activities, risk rating centres enables us to tailor our sampling plans and the training and support we can offer our centres.\r\nHow will this affect DCS?\r\nNo. DCS is not linked to the AMR, therefore this will not affect your DCS.\r\nWhat will be external quality assurance review look like?\r\nYou will still receive up to 2 external quality assurance reviews per QA group per session. These reviews will focus solely on assessment and internal quality assurance sampling. No generic information covered currently under management systems and administrative arrangements, and resources will be covered as part of the external quality assurance review process from the 1 August 2022.\r\nWhat happens if I do not upload the required evidence prior to my AMR or external quality assurance review?\r\nFailure to upload all required evidence 48 hours prior to your review will result in your annual monitoring/external quality assurance review being cancelled and we reserve the right to charge in line with our published fees and pricing lists. Should the review be cancelled, a new date will be arranged in line with QR/EQA availability. This may result in delays to certificate claims.\r\nWhat happens if I am missing evidence during my AMR or external quality assurance review?\r\nIf during the review the QR/EQA identifies missing evidence, this will be requested on the day of the review. Failure to supply this on the day will result in an action on the report and you may need to pay for an additional review. This may result in delays to certificate claims.\r\nWhat happens if I need to cancel my AMR or external quality assurance review?\r\nIf a planned AMR or external quality assurance review needs to be cancelled for whatever reason, it is a requirement that a minimum of 10 working days’ notice is provided.\r\nWhilst we acknowledge that today’s work environment is a very busy one, the Programme Contact or Head of Centre would be expected to inform the EQA and our Customer Support team if they need to cancel a review by email.\r\nIf reviews are not cancelled within 10 working days, we reserve the right to charge the centre in line with our published fees and pricing lists.\r\nWho should be the named contact for each review?\r\nResponsibility for the annual monitoring review lies with the person registered with NCFE as Head of Centre. Although the Head of Centre does not need to govern the annual monitoring review, they are responsible for ensuring the person selected to do so has a detailed knowledge of all internal management and administration processes in the centre, that contribute towards the effective delivery of NCFE qualifications.\r\nResponsibility for the external quality assurance review lies with the person registered with NCFE as the Programme Lead for the individual sector. It is the centre’s responsibility to ensure that the correct individual is listed with us and that that individual liaises with all internal colleagues/departments offering the suite of qualifications being reviewed. If this is not managed effectively it could result in the centre being charged for an additional review should a department be missed during sampling.  \r\nCan an external quality assurance review take place before a centre has their AMR?\r\nYes, the AMR does not run-in conjunction with any external quality assurance reviews.","umbracoSearchHide":"0","url":"/delivery-and-learner-support/prepare-for-quality-assurance-reviews/frequently-asked-questions/amr-faqs/","__NodeId":"30572","__IndexType":"directory"}},{"DocId":55,"Id":22848,"Score":0.000349364447,"Fields":{"id":"22848","heading":"Functional Skills – Online Sample Assessments","content":"Our practice assessments are available as:\r\n\r\nPaper-based – Downloadable from the qualification information pages which you can find here. You will find them under ‘Assessment Materials’.\r\nOnscreen– ‘Practice tests’ are available to schedule via Surpass. A keycode is generated and it must be sat via SecureClient. \r\nIn-browser– Accessible using a weblink, via SurpassViewer. No need to schedule or use a keycode.\r\n\r\nAll content within the practice assessments is modelled on live assessments. Mark schemes for all practice papers are provided to allow centres to mark on completion. This allows you to identify learner’s strengths and weaknesses to ensure individualised skills plans can be made using the outcomes of the practice assessments.\r\nNCFE recommend using the paper-based practice assessments as the best form for assessing a learner’s performance.\r\nOur onscreen practice assessments provide learners with an opportunity to practice taking an NCFE Functional Skills assessment using our onscreen assessment platform.\r\nFor in-browsers practice assessments, we recommend using these to gain learner familiarity with the NCFE onscreen platform.\r\nNote-If you wish to mark learner responses from an in-browser practice assessment, responses will need to be captured at the end of the sitting or screen-shots throughout to facilitate this. Any learner responses inputted into an in-browser assessment cannot be retrieved once the assessment has been closed.\r\nYou may also wish to consider our diagnostic skills assessment tools and resources to support your learner’s journey.\r\nIn-browser practice assessments\r\nTo view and use these assessments you will need to install the Surpass Viewer. To do this, click on one of the links below to start the assessment, and you will be taken to a page where you can 'Download and install the Surpass Viewer'. This is Step 1 of the process.\r\nOnce the Surpass Viewer is installed, click on the relevant assessment link below, and follow Step 2 of the process - clicking the link. This will take you to the sample assessment through the Surpass Viewer. \r\nOnce the browser has opened, simply click “start exam” and the assessment will begin.\r\nFor maths assessments, learners can familiarise themselves with the onscreen tools outside of an assessment.\r\nClick here for onscreen maths tools demo.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nQualification\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper / Sample\r\n\r\n\r\nMark scheme\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L1 FS English Reading Practice\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper\r\n\r\n\r\nMark scheme\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L1 FS English Reading SAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L1 FS English Writing Practice\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper\r\n\r\n\r\nMark scheme\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L1 FS English Writing SAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L2 FS English Reading Practice   \r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper\r\n\r\n\r\nMark scheme\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L2 FS English Reading SAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L2 FS English Writing Practice\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper\r\n\r\n\r\nMark scheme\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L2 FS English Writing SAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L1 FS Maths P001253 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001253 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001253_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L1 FS Maths P001254 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001254 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001254_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L1 FS Maths P001267 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001267 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001267_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L1 FS Maths P001268 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001268 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001268_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L1 FS Maths SAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM\r\n\r\n\r\nSAM_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L2 FS Maths P001258 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001258 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001258_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L2 FS Maths P001259 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001259 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001259_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L2 FS Maths P001269 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001269 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001269_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L2 FS Maths P001270 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001270 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001270_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L2 FS Maths SAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","searchableData":"Our practice assessments are available as:\r\n\r\nPaper-based – Downloadable from the qualification information pages which you can find here. You will find them under ‘Assessment Materials’.\r\nOnscreen– ‘Practice tests’ are available to schedule via Surpass. A keycode is generated and it must be sat via SecureClient. \r\nIn-browser– Accessible using a weblink, via SurpassViewer. No need to schedule or use a keycode.\r\n\r\nAll content within the practice assessments is modelled on live assessments. Mark schemes for all practice papers are provided to allow centres to mark on completion. This allows you to identify learner’s strengths and weaknesses to ensure individualised skills plans can be made using the outcomes of the practice assessments.\r\nNCFE recommend using the paper-based practice assessments as the best form for assessing a learner’s performance.\r\nOur onscreen practice assessments provide learners with an opportunity to practice taking an NCFE Functional Skills assessment using our onscreen assessment platform.\r\nFor in-browsers practice assessments, we recommend using these to gain learner familiarity with the NCFE onscreen platform.\r\nNote-If you wish to mark learner responses from an in-browser practice assessment, responses will need to be captured at the end of the sitting or screen-shots throughout to facilitate this. Any learner responses inputted into an in-browser assessment cannot be retrieved once the assessment has been closed.\r\nYou may also wish to consider our diagnostic skills assessment tools and resources to support your learner’s journey.\r\nIn-browser practice assessments\r\nTo view and use these assessments you will need to install the Surpass Viewer. To do this, click on one of the links below to start the assessment, and you will be taken to a page where you can 'Download and install the Surpass Viewer'. This is Step 1 of the process.\r\nOnce the Surpass Viewer is installed, click on the relevant assessment link below, and follow Step 2 of the process - clicking the link. This will take you to the sample assessment through the Surpass Viewer. \r\nOnce the browser has opened, simply click “start exam” and the assessment will begin.\r\nFor maths assessments, learners can familiarise themselves with the onscreen tools outside of an assessment.\r\nClick here for onscreen maths tools demo.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nQualification\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper / Sample\r\n\r\n\r\nMark scheme\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L1 FS English Reading Practice\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper\r\n\r\n\r\nMark scheme\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L1 FS English Reading SAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L1 FS English Writing Practice\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper\r\n\r\n\r\nMark scheme\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L1 FS English Writing SAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L2 FS English Reading Practice   \r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper\r\n\r\n\r\nMark scheme\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L2 FS English Reading SAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L2 FS English Writing Practice\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper\r\n\r\n\r\nMark scheme\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L2 FS English Writing SAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L1 FS Maths P001253 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001253 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001253_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L1 FS Maths P001254 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001254 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001254_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L1 FS Maths P001267 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001267 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001267_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L1 FS Maths P001268 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001268 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001268_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L1 FS Maths SAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM\r\n\r\n\r\nSAM_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L2 FS Maths P001258 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001258 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001258_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L2 FS Maths P001259 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001259 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001259_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L2 FS Maths P001269 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001269 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001269_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L2 FS Maths P001270 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001270 \r\n\r\n\r\nP001270_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPast paper L2 FS Maths SAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM \r\n\r\n\r\nSAM_MS\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","umbracoSearchHide":"0","url":"/delivery-and-learner-support/functional-skills/functional-skills-online-sample-assessments/","__NodeId":"22848","__IndexType":"directory"}}];