AlphaPlus is an education consultancy that specialises in the design, development and deployment of qualifications and their underpinning assessment, and in the evaluation of their performance and impact.

They help ensure the proper working of qualifications and assessments and assemble the evidence to demonstrate this. This evidence includes analytical work, often on large datasets; field work with centres, teachers and students; reporting and evidence-led action planning. It often also includes training and capacity development with stakeholders, and support for strategic development.

AlphaPlus is a team of highly experienced educational consultants with a large and varied portfolio of work in education and training. Their expertise lies in:

• vocational and general qualification development
• assessment and public examinations
• e-assessment, e-learning and e-portfolios.

They have considerable experience of managing large projects in public sector education in schools and post-compulsory education.

In addition AlphaPlus offer a range of support services for awarding organisations including:

AO staff recruitment services that can manage the whole recruitment process and provide help from their large network of contacts in the industry in filling those critical posts.

Support for AO HR and performance management by offering a comprehensive HR management package to help turn your company strategy into team action plans and personal targets.

Vocational Qualifications development services that help design qualifications from the bottom up, for new and complex regulatory and market requirements.

AQI – Assessment Quality Improvement services that help ensure that assessments are working properly, and assemble the evidence to prove this.

Functional Skills services supporting all aspects of design, delivery, marking and awarding of functional skills programmes.

Training for AO teams by offering world-class training and capacity development in qualifications and assessment, customised for the modern awarding organisation.

Regulation, compliance, policy and regulatory documentation services which develop, define and map processes, ensuring that compliant written policies are created and followed.

Assessment design services. AlphaPlus design skills and knowledge based assessments and support AOs and others in rolling these out effectively to centres.

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