Equality and fair access
The Equality Act 2010 provides a legal framework which protects the rights of individuals from discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics. Every person has several protected characteristics, including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex, and sexual orientation, so the Act protects against unfair treatment.
During the end-point assessment, the types of adjustments offered may include but aren’t limited to, changes to elements such as:
- the location and timing of the assessment
- the format, wording or type of assessment activity
- the availability of support personnel for additional needs
- the availability of adaptive software or hardware, or specialist equipment.
These adjustments should mirror the types of reasonable adjustments and additional support that the apprentice has received from their employer and/or training provider during their apprenticeship programme.
It is important that reasonable adjustments do not affect the reliability or validity of the assessment and they should not give the apprentice an advantage over other apprentices undertaking the same assessment.
Event registration will be unavailable from 6pm on Thursday, 24 September 2026 until 9am on Friday, 25 September 2026.
We’re making upgrades to our event registration system.
On Thursday, 24 September 2026 from 6pm, our registration system will be temporarily unavailable while we upgrade our systems. For any urgent enquiries during this time, please email events@theiet.org and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
Thank you for your patience.