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6 August 2026

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NCFE cuts apprenticeship assessor workforce as EPA reforms bite

Three-quarters of assessor roles at risk as awarding body moves to ‘flexible' workforce model

Anviksha Patel

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One of the country’s largest awarding organisations has put more than three-quarters of its end-point assessment (EPA) team at risk of redundancy as government reforms overhaul how apprentices are assessed.

NCFE informed staff this week that 87 roles within its EPA team are at risk as part of a proposed restructure of its apprenticeship assessment department.

The educational charity has proposed to transition to a more “flexible” workforce model, with greater use of freelance assessors, and restructuring its full-time end-point assessment team.

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