Pearson BTEC - Guidance for International Centres - 1 September 2023-31 August 2024

Oct 20, 2026

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This guide supports Pearson BTEC exam officers and international centres in running assessment processes smoothly across the academic year 1 September 2023–31 August 2024. It explains core responsibilities for registration of learners within set timeframes, setting up users in Pearson Progress, and using tools for quality assurance. It also covers Pearson Progress and HN Global platforms, claim certificate types in Edexcel Online, eligibility requirements for awards, and guidance resources for training, support, and contact.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages6

Reading Time15 min

AccessFree to download

Registration

Pearson Progress

HN Global

Quality Assurance

BTEC Assessment and Verification Tools

COVID-19 Standards Verification

Claim Certificates

Full Award

Interim

Fallback

Eligibility

Reasons for Ineligibility

Training for your Centre

Support

Welcome to Pearson BTEC Guidance for International Centres 1 September 2023-31 August 2024 About this Guide Welcome to Pearson. At Pearson, we recognise the important role that you as an Exam Officer play in making sure the assessment process runs smoothly. This guide is designed to help you understand BTEC, and to support you in finding updatesand important information to assist you in your role. Contents 􀃔 Registration ........................................... Page 3 􀃔 Pearson Progress ................................. Page 4 􀃔 HN Global ............................................... Page 5 􀃔 Quality Assurance ................................ Page 6 􀃔 Claim Certificates ................................. Page 7 􀃔 Eligibility ................................................ Page 7 􀃔 Invoicing iPay Portal ............................ Page 8 􀃔 Training for your Centre ..................... Page 9 􀃔 Support .............................................. Page 10 􀃔 Contact us .......................................... Page 10 Registration As the administrator for your centre, this document is designed to help you with common tasks you will encounter throughout the year. One of the first things you will need to do is to make registration for learners on your BTEC approved programme within 60 days of enrolment date at your centre. This can be done on 􀃔 Edexcel Online individually, or in bulk if you have large groups of learners. You can find more information about registering learners in the 􀃔 information manual. We also provide recorded 􀃔 video tutorials on this and other BTEC topics. Once your learners have been registered on Edexcel Online, they will also need to be setup as users within Pearson Progress to enable assessment and quality assurance to take place. You can find out more in the 􀃔 Progress user guide for teachers and educators. Pearson BTEC Higher Nationals We would like to remind all centres that an 􀃔 annual registration fee is applicable for those BTEC Higher Nationals students who continue into their second/subsequent years of study. Pearson Progress is a new easy to use digital platform which has been designed to help centres get closer to their learners by simplifying the planning and assessment of Pearson BTEC qualifications. It includes features that are personalised to Pearson BTEC to reduce administration time around assessment delivery and facilitate Quality Assurance, to allow coherent communication between team members and learners. Progress is integrated with Pearson Single Sign On to ensure your access to the platform is straightforward and easy. Once your learners have been registered on Edexcel Online, you will need to set up user accounts in Pearson Progress and allocate teachers, assessors and learners to BTEC courses. For information about Pearson Progress please visit our 􀃔 dedicated web page, where you can also: • 􀃔 Log into Pearson Progress • Access user guides for 􀃔 centre staff and 􀃔 learners • Find guides and FAQs in the 􀃔 Pearson Support Portal - Getting Started - Manager Role - Setting up BTEC Programmes/Courses - Template Management - Managing Assignments - Creating Assignments - Assessment Management - Marking Assessments - Publishing Grades - Tracking Learner Achievement 4 HN Global HN Global is a dedicated online platform for BTEC Higher Nationals staff and students. Containing a large range of free resources to support staff delivering a BTEC Higher National programme, as well as to guide students who are on their learning journey. The global forum connects students and tutors with the opportunity to discuss common themes and share good practice. 􀃔 Learn more here 5 Quality Assurance Our BTEC Quality Assurance Handbook is a complete guide to quality assurance and essential reading for everyone in the BTEC team. We would advise you to read through the 􀃔 Quality Assurance Handbook

FAQs

How soon must learners be registered for a BTEC approved programme?

Learners must be registered within 60 days of the enrolment date at the centre.

What must be set up in Pearson Progress after learners are registered on Edexcel Online?

After registration on Edexcel Online, learners must be set up as users in Pearson Progress and allocated to BTEC courses with teachers, assessors, and learners.

What are the three types of claims that centres can make in Edexcel Online?

Centres can make claims for a Full Award, Interim, or Fallback (Certificate of Achievement for learners not intending to complete and to close registration).

Oct 20, 2026

Uploaded by Mary Man