Guidance

Finding an end-point assessment organisation

How employers and training providers can find an end-point assessment organisation (EPAO) for their apprentice.

From:
Department for Education
Published
5 April 2018
Last updated
4 December 2024 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on

End-point assessment organisations no longer need to apply to be on a Department for Education register.

Applies to England

Documents

WITHDRAWN: End-point assessment organisations on the apprenticeship provider and assessment register

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 86.6 KB

WITHDRAWN: List of standards

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 83.5 KB

Details

Employers or providers should find an end-point assessment organisation for their apprentice early on during the apprenticeship.

Unless the assessment plan states otherwise, employers or providers should not select their apprentice’s training organisation to be the end-point assessment organisation (EPAO).

Training providers, prospective EPAOs and other organisations can use the spreadsheet of end-point assessment organisations on the apprenticeship provider and assessment register (APAR) to see lists of organisations approved to conduct an independent end-point assessment of apprentices and be in receipt of public funds.

The register list of standards shows which organisations can provide assessment for specific standards.

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has published a list of external quality assurance (EQA) providers for each apprenticeship standard.

Selecting an organisation that is not listed on the APAR

If you want to use an EPAO that is not on the APAR, that organisation must apply and be listed against the apprenticeship standard before you can consider it.

Selecting an EPAO when none are listed on the APAR against an apprenticeship standard

You will not be able to select an EPAO for your apprentice until at least one organisation is listed on APAR for that apprenticeship standard.

Asking for more information about an organisation on the APAR

To help choose an EPAO, you can ask an organisation on the register for more information about the service it offers.

Updates to this page

Published 5 April 2018
Last updated 4 December 2024 + show all updates

  1. Updated 'End-point assessment organisations on the apprenticeship provider and assessment register' and 'List of standards'.

  2. Updated 'End-point assessment organisations on the apprenticeship provider and assessment register' and 'List of standards'.

  3. Updated 'End-point assessment organisations on the apprenticeship provider and assessment register' and 'List of standards'.

  4. Updated 'End-point assessment organisations on the apprenticeship provider and assessment register' and 'List of standards'.

  5. Updated the 'End-point assessment organisations on the apprenticeship provider and assessment register' and 'List of standards'.

  6. Updated the 'End-point assessment organisations on the apprenticeship provider and assessment register' and 'List of standards'.

  7. Updated the 'End-point assessment organisations on the apprenticeship provider and assessment register' and 'List of standards'.

  8. Updated 'End-point assessment organisations on the apprenticeship provider and assessment register' and 'List of standards' for January 2024.

  9. Updated 'End-point assessment organisations on the apprenticeship provider and assessment register' and 'List of standards' for November 2023.

  10. Updated 'End-point assessment organisations on the apprenticeship provider and assessment register' and 'List of standards' for October 2023.

  11. 'End-point assessment organisations on the apprenticeship provider and assessment register' has been updated for September 2023.

  12. Updated the 'List of standards' for September 2023.

  13. Added a link to the apprenticeship provider and assessment register (APAR).

  14. 'End-point assessment organisations on the apprenticeship provider and assessment register' and 'List of standards' have been updated for August 2023.

  15. First published.

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