jomassiah1

A wide range of Accelerate People’s apprenticeship standards are currently moving through reform and review activity at different speeds. As an organisation actively involved in Trailblazer Groups and wider sector engagement, we continue to monitor progress closely across the standards we assess.

For years, apprenticeship assessment plans told assessment organisations exactly what to do. They specified the assessment methods, prescribed the logistics, dictated how resits should run, and laid out operational details right down to sequencing and evidence expectations.

Since the reformed apprenticeship assessment plans started appearing, I've noticed confusion about two particular terms during various industry meetings: mandatory knowledge and skills, and mandatory assessment methods.