Practical help with assessment, quality assurance and EPA.
Writing assessment materials, reviewing EPA strategies, running a mock EQA visit, training new assessors, or taking a fresh look at your IQA processes. Tell me what you’re dealing with and I’ll suggest what fits.
✓ Free · nothing to prepare · no obligation
You already have a quality system.
It shows up in what you sample, what counts as evidence and which forms nobody reads. Most of it was inherited.
Providers usually get in touch when:
- an EQA visit has just been booked;
- a new standard or assessment plan has landed;
- nothing’s wrong, but the paperwork has quietly doubled.
Last updated: 2023. Origin: unknown.
The same 10% across every assessor, whether they started last month or ten years ago.
Which assessor would you least like the EQA to sample?
How I’d helpAn IQA and assessment review, with a risk-based sampling plan you can defend.
Have you ever really examined yours?
Talk it through- WriteAssessment materials
Tasks, briefs, questions, grading criteria and mark schemes, from centre assignments to HTQs.
- RehearseMock EQA visits
A realistic dry run, with honest feedback while there’s still time to act.
- ReviewIQA and assessment review
Sampling, standardisation and paperwork: what’s working, and what you can stop.
- TrainNew assessors and IQAs
Practical sessions that build confidence quickly.
- ApprenticeshipsEPA and apprenticeship assessment
Strategy reviews, EPA readiness and new materials for EPAOs.
- Not sure yet?Tell me the problem
Describe what’s going on and we’ll work out what fits.
Bring a situation. Turn it over.
Things providers, colleges and EPAOs often tell me, what I’d do, and the question I’d start with.
Four steps. The first two cost nothing.
Every project is recorded the same way, so you always know what’s happening, what it costs and who’s signed it off.
- 1
A quick chat
Fifteen minutes, no obligation. Tell me what’s going on and what you’d like to change.
FreeYou and me - 2
A clear scope
What’s included, when it’ll be done, and a fixed price, agreed before anything starts.
FreeYou approve it - 3
The work
Done by me, with as little disruption to your team as possible.
Fixed priceK. Hodgson - 4
Handover
Everything explained, and everything yours to keep and adapt.
IncludedK. Hodgson Signed off
Witness testimony.
From awarding organisations, colleges and training providers, quoted in full as written.
- Witness testimonyNo. 1
Kev has been a huge help in shaping our apprenticeship development work, bringing a practical approach to everything from initial scoping and planning through to the development and review of grading descriptors. He has a real talent for taking requirements and turning them into clear, workable solutions that support both quality and consistency.
Kev listens to different perspectives and works through challenges with a positive attitude. His knowledge, attention to detail and commitment to getting things right have made a real difference, and his contribution has been invaluable to the success of our Sports and Leisure standards. Thank you, Kev! :)
- Witness
- Claire Bennett
- Role
- Assessment Solutions Manager (Apprenticeships), NCFE
- Source
- LinkedIn recommendation, October 2026
- Witness testimonyNo. 2
Kevin was excellent to work with and brought a wealth of knowledge in assessment and curriculum development. He was professional, collaborative and always willing to share his expertise. I’d happily recommend Kevin to any team looking to strengthen their curriculum and assessment practice.
- Witness
- Carl Brown
- Role
- Deputy Faculty Head, South & City College Birmingham
- Source
- LinkedIn recommendation, October 2026
- Witness testimonyNo. 3
Kevin is an expert in his field. I worked with him at 1st4Sport/UK Coaching. He oversaw credible changes to the quality assurance processes and was very supportive as I stepped into the role of EQA with 1st4Sport. He works supportively with centres and individuals to ensure excellent quality provision for learners and excellent customer care for the centres, while ensuring standards are kept high across the board. Hopefully we will work together again in the future.
- Witness
- Jess Callaghan
- Role
- Gorilla Training · former EQA, 1st4Sport
- Source
- LinkedIn recommendation, October 2026
- Witness testimonyNo. 4
Kevin was a breath of fresh air when he came into the role. He took a very person centred approach to learning, he wanted to better understand the consultant team and the challenges that were being faced by us all during quality assurance processes. He took time to build trusting relationships in order to overcome barriers for learners, centres or staff. Very professional in everything he approached and would be an asset to any environment due to his knowledge, skills and professional behaviour at all times.
- Witness
- Andrew Diggle
- Role
- Tutor, QA Consultant and EQA
- Source
- LinkedIn recommendation, October 2026
Sample your own centre.
Five questions, about a minute. You’ll get a red, amber or green rating and a tip for each area that needs attention. Nothing is stored or sent anywhere.
AI can draft a sampling plan in seconds. It can’t tell you whether your EQA will agree with it. I use AI too. It’s quick. It just isn’t accountable to your EQA.
I’ve seen assessment from every side of the table.
I’m Kevin, an assessment and quality assurance consultant based in County Durham, working with providers across the North East and the rest of England. I’ve been a lecturer, examiner, quality assurance manager and awarding body designer.
I know what an EQA looks for, and what actually helps them see it. I’ll tell you plainly what matters, what doesn’t, and what to do next.
A note on independence. Alongside my consultancy, I work for an awarding organisation. I don’t take on work that would conflict with that role, and we’ll check this together on our first call.
- Current role
- Senior Lead Assessment Developer, national awarding organisation
- Previous roles
- Quality Assurance Manager (UK Coaching / 1st4Sport) · HE Development Manager · lecturer and head of department
- Also
- Pearson HE External Examiner
- Qualifications
- Assessment design
- Favourite form
- The one we got rid of.
Before you book, try it yourself.
The same approaches I use with clients, filed so you can use them straight away. Open a drawer.
The first two drawers are free.
From “this doesn’t look right” to a fair outcome
A three-stage flowchart, warning signs of AI misuse, and a case log, including when to tell the awarding organisation. Free forever; Gumroad asks for your email to send it.
Six tools that run on your own device
Exam adjustment timer, assignment brief readability checker, dyslexia-friendly converter, reading ruler, text chunker and read aloud. Nothing you type is uploaded.
14 linked templates for the whole quality cycle
Risk-based sampling, standardisation, malpractice and AI misuse, EQA readiness, and SAR evidence mapped to Ofsted’s current framework. Word, Obsidian or both.
What are you working on?
Book a free 15-minute call. Tell me what’s going on and we’ll work out whether I can help, and how.
- 15 minutes
- Free, no obligation
- Nothing to prepare