This page contains further information on approved adaptations for the following V Certs qualifications (Level 1/2 Technical Awards):
The government’s intention is that work placements, exams and assessments will take place in the academic year 2021-2022, therefore moving away from results being based on Teacher Assessed Grades (TAGs) used in 2020-21, where this was permitted. We recognise that learners who will be taking exams and assessments in 2021-22 have had significant disruption to their education since March 2020, and we remain committed in continuing to support learners in the face of any further disruption.
These qualifications have an external assessment that must be sat on a set date and time and at your centre. External assessments will go ahead in 2021-22, unless public health measures deteriorate in which case this will be reviewed by the government.
Previously, where assessments were timetabled for a set date and time, we:
Where possible, we have now implemented further adaptations, which may include:
In the 2021-2022 academic year, learners will be permitted up to two retake opportunities for external assessments for Technical Awards. Assessment opportunities where students have received results based on teacher assessed grades (TAGs) and centre assessment grades (CAGs) do not count towards these retake opportunities.
For further information, please see our updated external assessment timetable guide on QualHub.
These assessments are completed in a set number of hours and the centre arranges supervised periods of external assessment within a set window. Synoptic projects are externally set by NCFE, internally graded by the centre and externally quality assured by NCFE.
We’ve updated our assessment variation process to allow centres to use additional test centre locations and we’ve adapted our assessments so they can be delivered in line with public health guidelines. All relevant qualification content must still be delivered, and assessment criteria met.
To further support centres, significant adaptations have been made to the conditions of the V Cert Technical Award synoptic project.
We have:
We’ll communicate further information on synoptic project release dates and submissions dates shortly.
Bookings for the 2021-22 synoptic projects will be open from 1 November 2021 – this is earlier in the session, in line with adaptations published on our website. Bookings will remain open until the final submission deadline which is 27 May 2022. EQA activity would then need to be carried out before 31 July 2022 to ensure results are confirmed for performance tables. Please familiarise yourself with the adaptations published on the individual qualification pages on QualHub for more information.
