Supporting employers during Coronavirus (COVID-19)

From Cindy Rampersaud, Senior Vice President - BTEC and Aprenticeships

Following the latest DfE and ESFA guidance for apprentices, employers, training providers, end-point assessment organisations and external quality assurance providers, we want to make sure we support you in the best way possible to enable your apprentices to finish their programmes and progress into further study or employment.

We have released detailed operational guidance on how to continue to deliver apprenticeships, following the recent update from the IfATE.

For those delivering vocational and technical qualifications in addition to apprenticeships, we are continuing to work closely with the DfE, IfATE, other awarding bodies and Ofqual to provide you with the information you and your learners need on how these qualifications will be assessed and awarded in 2020 as quickly as possible. The latest news on vocational and technical qualifications in 2020, was released by Ofqual on 25 March.

We are doing everything we can to support you and your learners at this time. This webpage is updated daily with news, advice and guidance and free online resource offers to enable learning to continue. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our WBL centre support team on 0344 576 0045 or at wblcustomerservices@pearson.com. Thank you for your patience during this unprecedented time. We will continue to keep you updated.

Best wishes,

Cindy Rampersaud
Senior Vice President BTEC and Apprenticeships

Assessment updates

We are working with colleagues in Ofqual, the Department for Education (DfE) and the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) and monitoring the situation closely.

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Online learning

We want to ensure we can support you in the best way possible over the coming weeks and months to enable learning to continue.

Free resources

We are making ebooks, workbooks and revision resources available free online for 90 days, which you can choose to share with your learners. These free resources include access to materials for BTEC, Functional Skills and other work-based qualifications. They can also support apprenticeship delivery.

Learning Hub

Learning Hub delivers personalised standalone short courses or complete study programmes, to support different types of training and learning outcomes. It has a range of learning content which is ideal to support apprenticeship delivery.

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Mindfulness resources

Feeling a certain amount of concern or worry is natural when we encounter difficult or unsettling times. Practising mindfulness at times like these can help to rewire the brain to work in calmer and more positive ways. We've pulled together a number of resources which will introduce mindfulness techniques that you can practice.

See our mindfulness support page