As we approach the festive period, please see below some useful information on our arrangements for the Christmas/New Year period.
Open Awards offices will close for the festive period at 17:00 on Monday 23rd December 2024 and will reopen at 08:00 on Thursday 2nd January 2025.
Remote Invigilation- Functional Skills and End-point Assessment (EPA) Knowledge Tests
For our remote invigilation service of Functional Skills qualifications and End-point Assessment knowledge tests, the last accepted booking will be 14:00 on Friday 20th December 2024. We will reopen for bookings from 09:00 on Thursday 2nd January 2025.
Please note, the XAMS assessment platform will remain fully operational throughout the festive period for any assessments you invigilate yourselves. However, technical and customer service support will not be available.
End-Point Assessment (EPA) Bookings
The last accepted bookings for EPA will be 14:00 on Friday 20th December 2024, reopening for assessments at 09:00 on Thursday 2nd January 2025.
Results Release
Please note, the period between 20th December 2024 and 2nd January 2025 will not be counted as “working days” with regards to result release timeframes. Therefore, careful consideration should be given to the booking of assessments around this time. Our last results release prior to Christmas will be on Friday 20th December 2024, with the next results release taking place on Friday 3rd January 2025.
The Open Awards team would like to wish you all a very happy and restful festive period.