Exams officers

Below you’ll find the assessment dates for our CACHE, Functional Skills, T Level and V Cert qualifications for February 2023, and information on reasonable adjustments.  

CACHE qualifications  

Functional Skills 

As you may be aware, we aren’t introducing any new assessment papers in February, so results release for all modes of delivery is the normal six working days. As usual, booking cut-offs are six working days prior to the assessment date. 

T Levels 

If you have students planning to sit assessments in the summer 2023 session, please ensure they’re all booked onto their occupational specialism (OS) by the deadlines outlined in our T Level Technical Qualifications Key Dates Schedule 2022-23 and 2023-24. If you deliver the T Level Technical Qualification in Education and Childcare (Level 3) 603/5829/4, you’ll be allocated a Moderator within seven working days once your learners are booked onto the OS. 

V Certs  

Reasonable adjustment timescales 

If you require a reasonable adjustment submission and/or paper modification, please ensure they’re booked before the below deadlines:  

• Reasonable adjustments (PDF requests, language modifiers and speech recognition): prior to the booking cut-off date  
• Paper modifications (braille): 30 working days before the assessment  
• Paper modifications (enlarged paper or coloured paper): 15 working days before the assessment  
• Reasonable adjustments (practical assistant): one day prior to the assessment  
• All other reasonable adjustments: up to the assessment date.  

For more information on reasonable adjustments and how to submit an application, visit this page. 

Below you’ll find the upcoming post results deadlines for assessments for our CACHE, T Level and V Cert qualifications for February 2023.  

The Exams Office National Conferences 

These conferences are the largest and most significant events relating to examination administration and management for exams officers during the academic year. Each conference is supported by the major awarding bodies, JCQ and a range of key exams-related stakeholders. 

We’re excited to be attending the National Exams Office Conference on 9 February in London. 

We also attended a previous Exams Office conference on 12 January. If you missed this event or would like to catch-up, you can access the recording on demand.

AoC Exams Conference  

With the introduction of T Levels and shift to even greater external assessments in vocational and technical qualifications, the exams function in colleges is facing even more challenges. ThWe also attended a previous Exams Office conference on 12 January. If you missed this event or would like to catch-up, you can access the recording here. e AoC Exams Conference will virtually bring together exams professionals to share and discuss the key challenges facing the FE sector. 

Delegates will have the opportunity to hear from and ask questions to the key stakeholders, ensuring their knowledge is up to date on the latest rules and regulations. There will be plenty of dedicated time to share, debate and gain solutions to the common challenges you face on topics such as training and managing invigilators, access arrangements, avoiding malpractice and managing the logistics of high volumes of assessment. 

Taking place on Wednesday 1 March and Thursday 2 March, we’re looking forward to delivering a drop-in session on the first day of this event. Follow this link to book your place today.  

Visit our assessment support page where you'll find everything you need to support you with assessment, including policies, forms and guidance on online assessment, remote invigilation, assessment and results queries, appeals, certificates, special considerations, access arrangements and reasonable adjustments, and much more. 

Visit our delivery support page where we have over 1,000 informative and engaging learning resources. Here, you'll find all you need to deliver our qualifications and support your learners. 

View our Qualifications for Specific Delivery (QSID) document which provides qualification specific instructions relating to the administration of external assessments for NCFE qualifications.

The Exams Office, in conjunction with their training partner Exams Training, offers a range of face-to-face training events delivered by industry experts, supported by high quality resources and held at 4/5-star venues across England. Events are available for: 

• Exams officers 
• Senior leaders/line managers 
• Invigilators. 

Learn more about how you can keep up to date with your training