Part 1Apprenticeships, study and training

F1CHAPTER A1Apprenticeships and technical education: England

F2Apprenticeship assessment plans

A2F3Apprenticeship assessment plans

F4(1)

The F5Secretary of State must publish apprenticeship assessment plans in respect of such standards published under section ZA11 as F6the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

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(4)

An F8apprenticeship assessment plan in respect of a standard is a plan in accordance with which F9it is to be assessed whether a person seeking to complete an approved English apprenticeship has attained the outcomes set out in the standard.

(5)

Each F10apprenticeship assessment plan must—

(a)

specify the standard to which it relates, and

(b)

set out the proposed arrangements for evaluating the quality of any assessment provided for by the plan.

F11(6)

F12Each apprenticeship assessment plan must be prepared by a group of persons and approved by the Secretary of State, subject to subsection (6A).

(6A)

The Secretary of State may prepare an apprenticeship assessment plan if satisfied that it would be more appropriate for the plan to be prepared by the Secretary of State than by a group of persons.

(7)

F13Where an apprenticeship assessment plan is prepared by a group of persons, the group must be approved by the F5Secretary of State.

(8)

The F5Secretary of State may provide advice or assistance to a group of persons in connection with the preparation of an apprenticeship assessment plan.

(9)

F14The Secretary of State may convene a group of persons to prepare an apprenticeship assessment plan in respect of a standard if satisfied that—

(a)

there is a need for an apprenticeship assessment plan in respect of that standard, and

(b)

no group will prepare the plan unless one is convened to do so.

(10)

The F5Secretary of State must publish—

(a)

information about matters that F15the Secretary of State takes into account when deciding whether or not to approve apprenticeship assessment plans for the purposes of subsection (6);

F16(aa)

information about matters that the Secretary of State takes into account in deciding whether it would be more appropriate for an apprenticeship assessment plan to be prepared by the Secretary of State than by a group of persons for the purposes of subsection (6A);

(b)

information about matters that F15the Secretary of State takes into account when deciding whether or not to approve groups of persons for the purposes of subsection (7).

(11)

When making a decision of the kind mentioned in subsection (10)(a) or (b) in a particular case, the F5Secretary of State may also take into account such other matters as F17the Secretary of State considers appropriate in the case in question.

(12)

Information published under subsection (10) may be revised or replaced, and the F5Secretary of State must publish under that subsection any revised or replacement information.

(13)

Where an apprenticeship assessment plan is published, the F5Secretary of State must publish, with the information published under section ZA10(5) in relation to the occupation, information indicating that there is an apprenticeship assessment plan in respect of the standard for the occupation.