Initial assessment continues to be a key focus for Ofsted and the ESFA – with good reason. It’s fundamental to compliance, to the quality of your curriculum and for assessing the progress your apprentices make in their learning.
So how can we overcome some of the common challenges and design an initial assessment process which is both accurate and efficient?
Led by Strategic Associate David Lockhart-Hawkins who has designed a full range of evidential systems, we hosted a free webinar to help you work through five key challenges.
How can we design a robust initial assessment which:
- Confirms who can be an apprentice (eligibility)?
- Helps us define what apprentice competence actually looks like?
- Allows us to accurately identify their start point and distance travelled when on-programme?
- Informs the sequence and shape of the curriculum and KSBs?
- Accurately identifies the training price based on prior learning?
Webinar recording and slides
Slides: Initial Assessment
Recording:
Skills Analysis Tool demo sessions for providers – feel free to register for either:
Monday 28 February (10.00 – 10.45am) here
Wednesday 2 March (3.30 – 4.15pm) here
CPD for staff involved in the design and delivery of initial assessment
4-part webinar series: Getting initial assessment right for apprenticeship standards
Starting Tuesday 8 March (2-3.15pm)
Register here
Further support – get in touch to discuss with one of the SDN team:
E: hello@strategicdevelopmentnetwork.co.uk
T: 07495 345 591