What happens if the apprentice fails the project proposal, presentation with questioning and needs to resit or re-take it?

Apprentices who fail one or more assessment methods will be offered the opportunity to take a resit or a retake. A resit does not require further learning, whereas a retake does. Apprentices should have a supportive action plan to prepare for the resit or a retake. The apprentice’s employer will need to agree that either a resit

or retake is an appropriate course of action. An apprentice who fails an assessment method, and therefore the EPA in the first instance, will be required to resit or retake any failed assessment methods only. If the apprentice fails the project proposal, presentation with questioning assessment method, they will be required to amend the project proposal and presentation in line with the End-Point Assessor’s feedback.

The apprentice will be given three weeks to rework and submit the amended project proposal and presentation. The End-Point Assessor will have two weeks to review the project proposal and presentation and the apprentice will have five days’ notice of the presentation date. Resits and retakes are not offered to apprentices wishing to move from pass to distinction.

The timescales for a resit/retake are agreed between the employer and EPAO. A resit is typically taken within three months of the EPA outcome notification. The timescale for a retake is dependent on how much re-training is required and is typically taken within six months of the EPA outcome notification. All assessment methods must be taken within six months, otherwise, the entire EPA will need to be re-sat/retaken. Where any assessment method has to be re-sat or retaken, the apprentice will be awarded a maximum EPA grade of pass, unless the EPAO determines there are exceptional circumstances requiring a resit or retake.