Preparing for the delivery of the V Cert Non-Examined Assessments (NEA)
We wanted to remind you of everything we have in place to support you and your learners throughout V Cert assessments. Find out more
AoC Exams Conference, 6-7 March 2024
The AoC Exams Conference will bring together exams professionals from across the sector to discuss the key issues facing the exams office in colleges. With colleges seeing a significant increase in their English and maths retake numbers and the shift to even greater external assessments in Vocational Technical Qualifications the exams function in colleges is facing even more challenges.
We’re excited to be presenting at this event and will share more details on this in the new year. Follow this link to book your place today.
What you need to know for the T Level autumn assessment series
To help you prepare for your students sitting the core exams in the autumn assessment series, we're sharing some useful reminders to help ensure these assessments go smoothly, including how to disable AI tools during assessments. Find out more.
Nominate a colleague for the Support Staff of the Year award in this year’s Aspiration Awards!
This award recognises behind-the-scenes heroes, including Exams Officers, Teaching Assistants, Facilities, Pastoral or Support Staff, who have demonstrated exceptional support inside or outside the classroom, gone above and beyond their roles, and actively pursued opportunities for personal development to provide the best possible support to others. Nominations open on 22 March. Find out more
Bite-size videos to support you
We’ll be creating a series of bite-size videos, some of which are already available on our YouTube channel, detailing some of the common themes or areas of difficulty, and will also provide updates to our Portal User Guide, accordingly.
Supporting administration staff
In acknowledgement of the high turnaround of centre staff dealing with NCFE’s administrative assessment processes, we would request that any centre with new or inexperienced staff, who may require support in enacting any of our Portal-related activities, contact [email protected], where one of the team will be glad to help signpost, integrate or demonstrate these processes directly.