Standards verification for NQF Level 2 BTEC Firsts in Sport

This document shows which assessors are assessing which units and learners, when assessment is planned to take place, who the internal verifiers are and when internal verification is planned to take place. The SV will discuss your assessment plan at the start of the process and use this to select the learners to be sampled.

There's a sample completed assessment plan on the Performing Arts page.

Send the SV a copy of your assessment plan, showing:

• assessors and the units they are assessing
• internal verifiers and when internal verification will take place
• confirmation of the learners registered on the programme.
  

The sample you send must consist of:

• the required samples of learner work, selected by the SV (copies are preferred – if originals are sent, we can take no responsibility for the safe return of learner work)
• learner evidence must include an authenticity declaration from each learner
• assignment briefs for the units identified
• internal verification records for the assignment briefs
• assessment records for the learner work
• internal verification records for the assessment decisions
• Learner Consent Declaration for each sample of learner work
• Lead Internal Verifier declaration.

If electronic submission is used, please first ensure that:

• your SV is able to access the materials
• it includes full assessment and internal verification records.

Many units include practical activities where assessment is recorded through observation statements. We advise you to use a form that clearly details the assessment and identifies how the assessment and grading criteria have been achieved.

SVs must be able to independently judge the validity of assessment decisions and so they need evidence in addition to observation records. This evidence may take a variety of forms, such as photographs, video and audio along with preparation logs and portfolios.

When submitting copies of DVDs, CDs and other recording materials please ensure that any such materials are labelled with:

• centre name and number, assessor name
• learner name and Pearson seven-digit registration number
• unit title and number and learning aim(s) attempted
• assignment reference/title.
  

For audio and video group productions, it should be made clear what role the learners undertook, so that the SV can assess the contribution from the learner in the sample. Individual production logs are a good way for learners to identify what they did and allows for self-evaluation of their processes and finished production.

The second sample must include the elements of the first sample that caused the initial certification block, with evidence to show that the issues have been addressed. These will be clearly identified in the SV report.

The SV will need to ensure that standards are being reapplied consistently across a programme that is blocked at first sample. Therefore, the SV will:

• check that amendments have been made to the original sample of learners
• check a further sample of learners to ensure that standards are being correctly applied.

The SV agrees that you are assessing to national standards and have successful quality assurance procedures for the programme. Certification is released for the academic year and a second sample is not required.

The SV may agree that standards are being maintained but offer recommendations on how to improve on current practice. You should read the report carefully for recommendations. As part of Quality Review & Development, we check how your centre responds to SV reports.

If the SV is not able to see the full sample we require within the sampling window, and you do not wish to certificate learners in the current academic year, the Standards Verifier will begin the process by sampling those parts of the sample that are available.

In the following year the SV will complete the first sample that was started in the previous year, in order to release certification for learners.