Knowledge library
Quality systems should be understandable.
Guidance, templates and research to help organisations understand standards, prepare evidence and interpret public records.
The controlled scheme library contains the two versioned handbooks and four multilingual XLSX workbooks used for assessment preparation.
Open scheme documentsResponsible CEFR alignment
What an examination owner must evidence before making and maintaining a CEFR-related level claim.
Evidence in institutional inspection
How documents, observation, interviews, records and outcome data are triangulated across an approved scope.
Running an accreditation self-evaluation
A requirement-level method for testing scope, implementation and outcomes before submitting evidence.
Building an examination validity argument
A practical evidence chain from intended score interpretation to tasks, scoring, analysis, consequences and maintenance.
Building an examination technical file
The controlled evidence set connecting an examination’s purpose, design, delivery, scoring, validation and change history.
From nonconformity to corrective action
How to analyse a finding, correct the immediate issue, address causes and demonstrate effective closure.
Understanding recognition scope
A practical guide to inclusions, exclusions, sites, modes and product boundaries.
Using the Public Register
How to interpret status, validity, history and verification results.
Evidence mapping template
A structured starting point for linking evidence to published requirements without treating document titles as proof of implementation.
Why assessment and decision must be separate
Competence, conflict and role-separation controls that protect the credibility of recognition decisions.