This apprenticeship standard has been approved for delivery by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. However, starts on the apprenticeship will only be possible once a suitable end-point assessment organisation (EPAO) has given an ‘in principle’ commitment to the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) to deliver assessments on this apprenticeship standard. Once the ‘in principle’ commitment has been approved by ESFA, funding for apprentice starts will be permitted and this message will be removed.
Rigorous robust and independent assessment undertaken by an apprentice at the end of training to test that the apprentice can perform in the occupation they have been trained in and can demonstrate the duties, and knowledge, skills and behaviours (KSBs) set out in the occupational standard
End-point assessment organisation (EPAO)
An organisation approved to deliver end-point assessment for a particular apprenticeship standard. EPAOs must be on the register of end-point assessment organisations
Holistic or synoptic
Assessment of an apprentice’s knowledge, skills and behaviours in an integrated way i.e. assessing several KSBs at the same time
Knowledge, skills and behaviours (KSB)
What is needed to competently undertake the duties required for an occupational standard
Valid
Referred to in relation to assessment methods; fit for purpose
Earliest start date
The Earliest Start Date is the date from which this standard-version can be used.
Employers involved in creating the standard: Royal Borough of Greenwich; Mary Hare School for the Deaf; National Deaf Children’s Society; National Sensory Impairment Partnership; Priestly Smith Specialist School for VI; Kent QTVI Specialist Teaching and Learning; Royal National Institute of Blind People; ICT Team Milton Keynes; Linden Lodge School; Gateshead Local Authority; Middlesbrough Local Authority; Wandsworth Sensory Support Service; British Association of Teachers of the Deaf; University of Birmingham; University of Manchester; Leeds University
