Assessment practitioner awards

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Our awards have been designed to recognise and demonstrate your commitment to developing assessment expertise. When you complete an award you’ll gain a certificate and a digital badge to share your achievement to your online profile. We offer two levels of award, to be eligible you first need to become a member of the Cambridge Assessment Network.

The Assessment Practitioner Award

Awarded for: Completion of 60 hours of learning on Cambridge Assessment Network training courses

Assessment Practitioner Award badge

This award demonstrates: 

  • A commitment to your understanding and application of assessment principles
  • You have developed your assessment expertise across more than one assessment topic theme
  • You have engaged with the professional learning cycle underpinning our professional learning courses

The Advanced Assessment Practitioner Award

Awarded for: Achieving a pass mark for a 3000-word assignment focusing on the development of an assessment ‘innovation’

This award has been successfully benchmarked by Ecctis and has been found to be comparable to Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF)Level 6.

You can view the certification and executive summary for this process.

Application fee: £160Advanced Assessment Practitioner Award badge

This award demonstrates:

  • A long-term commitment to your understanding and application of assessment principles
  • You have developed your assessment expertise across more than one assessment topic theme
  • You have embodied the professional framework and standards; and demonstrated how the process has contributed to innovations in your practice
  • Reflected on your own role as an assessment expert within your working life and in your institution
  • You have contributed to your own assessment community in an in-depth and impactful way

For this award you must first achieve the Assessment Practitioner Award (60 learning hours) and then submit a short, written application.