Quality processes

All key skills personnel need to be aware of the quality assurance measures for assessing key skills: moderation and verification. This section highlights these key areas and helps to differentiate between moderating the standards and verifying systems.

Summary of this section

Standards moderation
Information on standards moderation.
Inspection
Guidance on common inspection framework (CIF) and the role of Ofsted in schools colleges and work-based providers.
Internal verification
Guidance on the internal verification process and the role of the internal verifier.
Internal quality review
Information on how to quality assure a key skills programme.
Critical success factors
Critical success factors for assessing key skills.