Apprenticeship Assessment Qualification Level Guidance

This document sets out guidanceour thatregulatory appliesrequirements tofor all Apprenticeship Assessments, and which comeswill come into effect aton a1 dateApril to be confirmed.2026.

This guidance supports both the General Conditions of Recognition and the Apprenticeship Assessment Qualification Level Conditions and requirements. requirements. 

This document constitutes guidance for the purposes of section 153 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (the ‘2009 Act’).

An awarding organisation has a legal obligation under the 2009 Act to have regard to this guidance in relation to each apprenticeshipApprenticeship assessmentAssessment that it makes available or proposes to make available.

An awarding organisation should use the guidance to help it understand how to comply with the General Conditions of Recognition, as they apply to apprenticeship assessments, and the Apprenticeship Assessment Qualification Level Conditions and requirements. 

An awarding organisation must also have regard to the Guidance to the General Conditions of Recognition, which applies to all qualifications. However, in the event of any inconsistency between that guidance and the guidance contained in this document, an awarding organisation must have regard to the guidance in this document.