All learners are different.
More importantly, all learners think and process information differently.
Tutors understanding the way learners think, and more importantly – learners understanding their own brain processes – is the key to maximising learner success.
Cognassist delivers advanced digital cognitive screening, is browser-based, takes under 30 minutes, and has been produced to the highest scientific standards. Providing insight on 9 specific cognitive domains the learner report gives invaluable insight backed up by personalised strategies most effective for the way that learner processes.
Years of development
Users
Drawdown funding for supporting learners
Cognassist’s digital cognitive assessment is grounded in decades of cognition research, offering a scientifically robust tool to identify how individuals think and learn.
Robust and trusted, Cognassist is one of the only digital assessment tools recognised by the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) and pre-approved by Awarding Organisations throughout the UK.
By evaluating nine core cognitive domains such as memory, attention, and processing speed, it provides a comprehensive profile of learner’s cognitive strengths and areas for development.
Developed with input from leading clinical neuropsychologists, the assessment aligns with the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) model, a widely recognized framework in cognitive science.
By digitising traditional paper-based assessments, Cognassist allows for scalable implementation across educational settings. This approach streamlines the identification of learning needs and also empowers educators to tailor interventions effectively, promoting inclusive and personalized learning experiences.
Cognitive domains assessed
Approximately 30 mins to complete
Report shared with tutor to help with next steps
Spot hidden barriers before they impact progress. Many learners may struggle not because they lack ability, but because their cognitive differences go unrecognised and therefore ignored.
Early cognitive assessment identifies learning needs that aren’t always visible – such as memory, attention, or processing challenges – before they translate into frustration and disengagement.
Assessing learners at the start of their program is essential. The earlier any particular cognitive need is identified the earlier strategies and techniques can be put into place to level the playing field.
Ofsted and ESFA place increasing emphasis on supporting learners with additional needs but many providers struggle to evidence how they’re doing this. Early cognitive assessments offer objective data that supports both regulatory compliance and genuine learner-centred planning.
You’re not just ticking a box, you’re transforming outcomes.
Understanding learner strengths is just as valuable as shining a light on any challenges they may face. All learners can benefit from tailoring their learning efforts to the way their brain processes information most effectively.
Generic interventions can often miss the mark. Cognassist provides each learner with personalised strategies based on their unique cognitive profile. This helps them process, retain information, and apply skills more effectively.
It’s the difference between hoping a learner will cope… and knowing they’ll thrive.
Creating truly individualised learning plans can be time-consuming. Cognassist can do a lot of the heavy lifting – delivering personalised, evidence-based strategies that tutors can integrate into teaching and reviews with ease.
Grounded in the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) model, evaluating nine cognitive domains such as memory, verbal reasoning, and processing speed. The included cognitive tasks were selected by Dr Clive Skilbeck and Dr John Welch – members of our independent scientific advisory board.
Transitioning rom traditional paper-based methods, the digital format offers consistent scoring, precise stimulus control, broader accessibility, and minimizes human error (Styck, K. M. & Walsh, S. M., 2016).
Over 400,000 people have taken the Cognassist digital cognitive assessment allowing our science team to create widely representative normative datasets. Stronger normative datasets means higher accuracy for identifying needs within each domain.
These insights enabled personalised learning strategies, improving learner outcomes and tutor efficiency.
Stephanie Taylor
Learning Support, Safeguarding and Inclusion Manager, Hawk Training
Since adopting Cognassist, we have experienced transformative results. We can now identify learners who need additional support from day one, allowing for timely interventions and personalised learning experiences.
Our learners report feeling more understood and supported, and our tutors are better equipped to provide targeted assistance.
Nicola Clark
Head of Learning Support, Train Together
The tasks included in the Cognassist battery have been mapped onto the CHC model to track the broad reach of the tasks selected and create an evidence-based assessment.
Inter-correlations between tasks are analysed using a standard statistical validation technique called factor analysis. Factor analysis helps to match batteries of cognitive tasks to scientific theory such as CHC. Cognassist tasks load onto expected factors including verbal, memory and visual factors. Correlational analysis, as well as factor analysis has shown that the Cognassist assessment measures cognitive abilities that are related but distinct, as expected from scientific theory.
As early as possible when embarking on a new educational program. The earlier a learner understands their cognition and can work with their tutor to support their needs the less likely they are to feel frustration, fall behind, and eventually dropout.
We are one of the only digital cognitive assessments that can be used for evidence for timed-based reasonable adjustments and are directly supported by some of the UK’s major Awarding Organisations.
Yes there is a complete and thorough scientific technical manual. This can be reviewed by prospective organisations considering implementing Cognassist upon request.
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