CENTRE RISK ASSESSMENT 2000809

1
CENTRE RISK ASSESSMENT 20008-09

• NQF BTEC Levels 2 3
• (including Short Courses at Levels 1-3)

2
CRA 2008-09

• Ensures approval obligations continue to be met
• Drives up quality of provision of BTEC programmes
• CRA measures a centres identification and
  control of known risks
• CRA confirms centre quality management against
  defined risk assessment criteria
• CRA
• Will involve ALL live BTEC centres
• 700 visit assessments
• All other centres will undertake self assessment

3
The CRA Report

• 15 identified risk areas
• Grouped into three Assessment Sections
• Managing Assessment Risks
• Managing Learning Risks
• Managing Resource Risks
• Each section is characterised by a specific risk
  type
• Identified risks are managed by appropriate Risk
  Controls
• These provide the basis for judging centre
  quality systems
• Plan Centre Development (PCD) monitored actions
  and recommendations

4
Risk Controls

• Risk Controls standardisation tool to aid
  consistent judgements
• Risk Controls are general, standardised
  statements which set out ways to manage
  identified risk
• Risk Controls are applied to centre systems in
  order to make judgements
• Risk Controls are prescriptive
• Risk Controls requirements apply to each Risk
  Area

5
Risk Controls

• Enables effective assessment against each Risk
  Area
• Centre only meets Risk Controls for each Risk
  Area if Risk Control is adequate
• (1) Exists (2) Enforced (3) Effective
• Adequacy of controls judged on a three point
  scale
• Only if all controls in place will no action be
  required
• Actions are mandatory and assure BTEC centre
  systems
• Recommendations are advisory and help provide
  centre support

6
Visit Assessment

• Centres selected for a visit will be informed
  Summer 2008
• Risk Assessor will make contact by end September
  2008 to confirm
• Visit date
• What is assessed
• Documentation required
• CRA visit window 01/11/2008 28/02/2009

7
Visit Assessment

• Risk Assessors view centre systems and programme
  team practice
• Risk Assessors draw a big picture Dont get
  bogged down in detail
• Risk Assessors make judgements on evidence and
  what seen on visit, but
• Advocate good practice encourage centre
  development

8
Visit Assessment

• Focus one day assessment visit some variation
• Assessment of centre systems and two Programme
  Area Titles (PATs)
• PATs to be assessed identified by Edexcel
• CRA report will be available on Edexcel Online
  automated email alerts Quality Nominee when
  report is submitted
• Centre undertakes actions and recommendations in
  PCD
• Managing Assessment Risk actions monitored within
  three months
• All other actions monitored at next CRA

9
Introduction of Self Assessment 2008-09

• Self Assessment introduced to lessen bureaucracy
• Variable pattern of visit and SA for centres over
  time
• Operates on same Risks and Controls as visit
  assessments
• Programme areas selected by centre
• Quality Nominee carries out risk assessment and
  completes report online
• Action plans are monitored as required
• Edexcel Quality Manager may provide support as
  required
• CRA self assessment window 01/11/2008
  28/02/2009