it is nothing like an nvq, they have been phased out because they didn't guarantee quality teaching or learning and seeing someone do something and having a chat with them is no guarantee of knowledge. the new diploma has 120 UCAS points it is equivalent to 2 AS levels at a to c. there are assignments reports and essays to compete along with portfolio tasks like compiling and evaluating your professional development. if you look on the cache website you can see the learners log which they have to complete. it has something like 20 assignments...now these are academic A level standard assignments not like reflective accounts, no questions and answers etc. i will put the link at the end. One of the major changes is when you are being assessed they are much more rigorous you wont be coaxed into answering a question, you will be asked something like " can you explain how you differentiated that activity to meet the needs of the age groups" and if you say i dont understand then you will be deemed as not competent and it will be dealt with next time and the next etc. the verb list on page on age 140 will be the standard you will assessed.
http://www.cache.org.uk/cacheDNN/Por...CYPWQSv4.0.pdf
because of the demands this course places on learners we have decided along with lots of other providers that learners have to have at least a l1 lit and num skill and be level 2 for at least 1 year.
i was at training yesterday which suggested they are going to make it a 2 year course so that people can get enough ucas points for uni applications the second year will be at level 4 ( full time only)