Frequently asked questions

For parents, carers or learners

Only the following Level 3 ASDAN qualifications carry UCAS points for students entering higher education:

Certificate of Personal Effectiveness (CoPE) Level 3 – 16 points
Award of Personal Effectiveness (AoPE) Level 3 – 8 points
Wider Key Skills Level 3 (Northern Ireland only) – 6 points per skill (3 skills available)
Extended Project Qualification Level 3 (England only) – up to 28 points (depending on grade)

Please note that ASDAN cannot accept registrations from individual students. Students must access these courses through a registered ASDAN provider, for example a school or college. Our advice to students looking to get extra UCAS points through an ASDAN qualification is to contact their local school or college who will then be able to answer any questions.

ASDAN works directly with education providers and does not accept applications from individual candidates. Learners access our courses through our network of centres, which include schools, colleges, pupil referral units and other providers. We recommend talking to your local school, college or other education providers to see if they offer ASDAN courses.

Our member offer is designed to be delivered by education practitioners in centres and is not suitable for parents home educating their children.

We can organise replacement certificates at a charge of £14 for each certificate. Please email info@asdan.org.uk with the learner name(s), the course the certificate is for, the organisation the learner completed the course with and the moderation date if known, and the reason for the request.

For general account queries

The best way to obtain a log in is for an existing contact to add you, for example a colleague of yours who is already able to log in to the ASDAN website. They can sign in to the members’ area, Centre Contacts page, and select Add new contact.

If there are no colleagues in your organisation with a log in, please email your name, the name of your organisation and ASDAN centre number to info@asdan.org.uk.

Select ‘forgotten password’ on the sign in page to reset your password. Please note the link will expire after 24 hours. If your link expires, you can request another by following the ‘forgotten password’ link again.

Accounts are placed on hold when an invoice is over 45 days overdue or a credit limit has been exceeded. Please contact finance@asdan.org.uk to arrange payment of any outstanding invoices and gain access to your account.

You can view all your invoices and past orders by logging into your account.

For any other matters, the Finance team can be contacted on 0117 941 1266 | finance@asdan.org.uk

You can change or cancel your membership by logging into the member area and selecting Account from the drop down menu. Click on Membership details and you can cancel or select your preferred membership tier.

For delivering ASDAN courses

Please complete an expression of interest form. We will put you in touch with one of our curriculum experts to discuss your needs and recommend the best fit for you and your learners.

If you are based outside of the UK, please use this form.

Individual course pages contain detailed information on each of our courses, including the learners they are targeted towards.

A detailed list of all costs associated with delivering ASDAN programmes and qualifications are included in our pricing and fees document.

Many ASDAN qualifications are fully funded by the UK Government. If public funding is of interest to you, follow the below links to help you find out more about eligibility conditions and the types of funding available:

England: Education and Skills Funding Agency, ESFA

Wales: Qualifications in Wales, QiW

Northern Ireland: Department for the Economy

ASDAN offers customised accreditation, a bespoke arrangement in which we will review to see if we can accredit and certificate a course that your organisation has created. Read more about customised accreditation.

Please email info@asdan.org.uk with details of your centre, including name, address and centre number if possible and we will look into this for you.

For quality assurance (moderations)

Sampling activities for Qualifications (CoPE, AoPE, PSD, Personal Progress, Employability and PSE) is arranged by request. To request a moderation, go to the Cohort page, select View cohort on the relevant group, then Request moderation. This will create a screen on which you can choose your moderation date and the expected number of learners for the moderation. We must have a minimum of five weeks’ notice of your preferred moderation date.

Once you have booked moderation, the 'request moderation' button (for qualifications) or 'book moderation' button (for programmes) will be greyed out.

Please note moderation for qualifications within the current academic year should be requested by 31 October to avoid late fees. Your learners do not need to be ready for moderation at this point.

Moderation windows for Personal Development Programmes and Preparing for Adulthood programmes are set termly. To book, sign in and go to the Cohort page, select View Cohort on the relevant group, then Book moderation.

If no dates are displayed, deadlines for the current term have passed; there will be another opportunity to moderate the following term.

To cancel a moderation for a qualification, email qualifications@asdan.org.uk to request the cancellation. Please include your organisation name, ASDAN centre number, the date of your moderation and the course it is for.

Cancellation may be subject to a fee if the request is made within seven days of the moderation date.

To cancel a moderation for Personal Development Programmes or Preparing for Adulthood programmes, email programmes@asdan.org.uk to request the cancellation. Please include your organisation name, ASDAN centre number, the date of your moderation and the course it is for.

Go to the Cohorts page and select 'View Cohort' for your chosen group.

Click on the end tab on the page labeled ‘Upcoming moderations’.
If your cohort has a moderation booked this will appear here with a ‘View moderation’ button.

Once you have booked your moderation, you must add your learners to the moderation by the specified deadline date.

To add a cohort to this moderation, visit the Cohorts page.

Click 'View cohort' for the cohort you are entering for moderation.

Select the 'Manage modules' tab.

Click Add a unit and select the unit, assessor and credits.

Repeat for all learners being entered for moderation.

Select 'Upcoming moderation' tab.

Click 'View moderation'.

Click Assign learners.

Tick all learners being entered for moderation.

Check you have selected the correct learners for moderation, and unselect learners you are not entering for moderation.

All learners linked to a moderation should have their units confirmed and assigned after all units have been assessed and internally moderated.

The cohort coordinator will receive an email when it is available to view, usually around two weeks before your moderation date. To view the sample, go to the Moderations page. Click ‘View moderation’ on the relevant moderation then at the top right of the page there will be a button for ‘Download moderation sample details’ which will download the sample spreadsheet for you automatically.

This sample document will list: the moderation date, External Quality assurer (EQA) assigned to your moderation and the sample of learners selected in grey.

The mandatory documents required for external quality assurance for qualifications, Personal Development Programmes and Preparing for Adulthood programmes can be found at the bottom of the relevant course page in the purple section headed ‘course resources’ under ‘Quality assurance’.

View ASDAN's checklist of all documents required for EQA for Qualifications (CoPE/PP/PSD/Employability).

For international members

Please fill in our international expression of interest form.

Email international@asdan.org.uk to request a change to your membership.

Please contact asdanwa@education.wa.edu.au to enquire about becoming a centre

WA moderations take place in June, September and November.  A timetable of events will be available from asdanwa@education.wa.edu.au.