VTCT / ITEC qualifications

Start with your initial assessment

Every VTCT/ITEC applicant starts with an AuraLuxe initial assessment. We review your existing qualifications, experience, goal, prior learning and assessment requirements before we confirm the correct regulated route.

If you already hold relevant qualifications or have completed eligible AuraLuxe learning, we review that evidence for recognition of prior learning (RPL). You do not automatically repeat learning that can properly be mapped to the qualification.

Initial assessment for: VTCT Skills Level 3 Award in Education and Training — ET3A1

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ET3A1 qualification route

Level 3 Award in Education and Training

This is a blended regulated qualification. Theory and written work are completed online, with scheduled teaching-assessment activity plus formal portfolio, assessment and quality-assurance requirements. Formal enrolment follows a successful initial assessment; there is no payment on this form.

Qualification fee

€1950

First Course Payment after an approved initial assessment: €300. Remaining balance: €1650.

The €300 first payment is specific to the approved ET3A1 route. It is only requested after a successful initial assessment, is credited in full to the €1,950 qualification fee, and does not mean the learner has been registered with VTCT Skills. The quoted qualification fee includes the registration, assessment and quality-assurance activity AuraLuxe confirms in the learner’s written plan. A learner does not have to wait for a full cohort to begin the approved online learning route.

Step 1

Initial assessment

AuraLuxe reviews occupational qualifications, experience, teaching goal, prior learning, support needs and readiness before formal enrolment or payment.

Step 2

Online theory & assignments

Core learning, written work and tutor support are completed online. A single learner can begin once their route is approved and the required first payment is verified; they do not have to wait for a cohort.

Step 3

Formative micro-teach & tutor review

A scheduled formative teaching session is used for developmental feedback before the final assessment. Assessment windows are confirmed in writing rather than invented on the public website.

Step 4

Development period

The learner acts on feedback, develops lesson planning and teaching evidence, and completes outstanding theory or portfolio work.

Step 5

Summative micro-teach / formal assessment

A later scheduled assessment captures the formal teaching evidence required for the learner's approved ET3A1 assessment plan.

Step 6

Portfolio, evidence & assessor feedback

Written and observed evidence is completed, assessed and, where required, corrected or resubmitted before final sign-off.

Step 7

IQA & EQA

Internal quality assurance sampling is completed in line with the centre sampling plan. External quality assurance applies if the learner or qualification is selected or the centre arranges sampling; no individual learner is promised a fixed EQA visit or date.

Step 8

Certification claim

Certification is claimed only after all qualification, assessment and quality-assurance requirements are complete. Payment alone never means the qualification has been achieved or registered.

VTCT / ITEC initial assessment

Tell us about your experience and qualification goal

Submitting this form starts your initial assessment only. Nothing is booked, paid or registered with an awarding body at this stage. AuraLuxe reviews your evidence first and confirms the approved route, fee and next steps in writing.

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Qualification you want to work towardsWhere are you now?

Current AuraLuxe course, if anyExisting qualificationsRelevant occupational experience / evidenceWhat do you want this qualification to allow you to do?Previous teaching or training experience, if relevant

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Learning, literacy, digital or reasonable-adjustment supportAnything else we should knowI agree to AuraLuxe contacting me about this initial assessment, including eligibility, prior learning, the recommended route, fees and next steps.

There is no charge to submit the initial assessment. After review, AuraLuxe confirms the exact qualification route, total fee, deposit/payment schedule, registration requirements and assessment plan in writing. A secure payment link is issued only after the route is approved.

How we use your details

We use your details and the qualifications you tell us about to review whether a VTCT progression route is suitable for you and to send you a written quote and plan.

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