BTEC Standards Verification

Yes. However, if late sampling is agreed, this carries risks for timely certification.

The Standards Verifier will agree a suitable date to visit. Standards Verifiers should be supervised by centre staff whilst on-site. Assessment Plans will be made available as usual, and a sample selection agreed beforehand. Centres must ensure that all unit evidence is available for Standards Verifiers if required. For example, in Childcare, access to the learner’s full Practical Evidence Portfolio is required.  Standards Verifiers may also discuss delivery and assessment of the programmes with Centre Assessors.

SV allocations will start from mid-January, SV’s will send introductory emails to the Quality Nominee.

For further information please see BTEC: SV Allocation Details.

Please share the SV allocation details with your teams - particularly the Lead Internal Verifier so that they can start the process for sampling.

Sampling deadlines can be found in the BTEC Centre Guide to Standards Verification found on our Quality Assurance Webpage.

Initially, the SV will request:

• Assessment Plans to select the unit/s to be sampled.

• Learner tracking details will be sent to the SV. The SV will then choose the learners to sample.

• Assignment briefs.
• Internal verification of the assignment brief documents.
• Learner work, feedback to learners/assessment records, including authenticity signatures.
• Internal verification of assessment decisions documents and any evidence in relation to resubmission for the learners chosen.

Remote sampling will be applied to the majority of BTEC programmes, including those with bespoke sampling. License to Practice Qualifications will be sampled via a Centre Visit. 

For programmes that are sampled remotely, please submit these digitally using Pearson’s Learner Work Transfer platform (LWT). We have provided guidance on how to submit files via the LWT.

If you have tried and are unable to get in contact with your SV, please contact your Vocational Quality Assurance Manager by using the Pearson Support Portal.

If you are not happy with the allocation of your SV, please create a case record stating your reason for dissatisfaction and our Assessment team will then make a decision and update the case.

The Standards Verifier process for Apprenticeship programmes is different from that of standalone qualifications; this means both the apprenticeship and standalone qualifications need to be sampled for all the programmes to be released for certification.

If your sample will be ready before the agreed date, we recommend you send it early.

You should allow 10 working days for the SV to review the sample and complete a report. There may be a slight delay if the report is subject to our internal quality assurance, but the SV should be able to tell you that. If the report is outstanding for a significant time, then please let your Vocational Quality Assurance Manager know via the Pearson Support Portal.

Please see BTEC: SV Allocation Details for a step-by-step guide.

The report should be shared with all the relevant teams so that they can act on any advice or recommendations. Please ensure that any actions are followed up and any recommendations are considered for the remainder of the current academic year and incorporated into your improvement plan for the following year.

Please see NVQ Standards Verifier (SV) Reports for a step-by-step guide.

Yes. Please make an appeal via the Pearson Support Portal within 14 days of receiving our decision or results. Further details can be found in the Centre Guide to Standards Verification - This will be available on our quality assurance webpage late in the autumn term.  

For additional help and support for Quality Nominees and BTEC delivery teams, we have created dedicated quality assurance webpages that can be accessed via the Home of Quality Assurance. These webpages provide easy access to quality assurance guides, videos and resources, FAQs, regular updates, training events, live chat with an expert and much more.