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Trusted by over half a million apprentices across the UK.

Understanding cognition to optimise learning, improve pass rates, and secure funding.

Inclusion, Quality, Funding: Apprenticeship Success Made Simple

Apprenticeships work best when every learner is understood and supported. But with rising expectations from Ofsted, funding evidence requirements from the ESFA, and the need to coordinate with EPAOs… delivering personalised, inclusive provision is complex and time intensive. 

Cognassist simplifies that complexity and respects tutors limited time. We help you embed cognitive diversity into your apprenticeship delivery to support learners, secure funding, and show your commitment to inclusion and fairness across every stage of the learner journey. 

  • Ofsted sees learning support as integral to quality, not an add-on 
  • ESFA expects support to be targeted, tracked, and tailored to the individual 
  • Learners deserve an inclusive apprenticeship journey from day one 

Personalised support reduces dropouts and improves outcomes

Avoid English and Maths Functional Skills being a barrier to completion

Remove achievement barriers at End Point Assessment 

Cognassist Digital Cognitive Assessment

Initial Assessment

Under ESFA rules, screening for learning support is mandatory at initial assessment. Cognassist helps you do it right. The Cognassist platform fits naturally into your onboarding process, the digital cognitive assessment automates the identification of learning needs, and our AI-enabled learner and tutor journey features will help your team with data and educational psychology guidance to build ILPs that meet both learner needs and funding requirements. 

Accelerate learner comprehension and retention to make every tutor interaction count 

Save time by eliminating trial-and-error teaching approaches 

Instantly create highly personalised Individual Learning Plans tailored to each learner’s needs 

Seamlessly integrates with your existing ePortfolio tools, allowing easy automation.

Additional integration partners

Ofsted and the 3i's

Ofsted’s education inspection framework (EIF) emphasises the importance of understanding learners’ starting points to plan effective teaching (“Quality of Education” judgement). Cognassist supports this by identifying cognitive differences that affect how learners learn, enabling providers to personalise support from day one. 

“Inspectors will assess how well leaders and staff identify learners’ starting points and use this information to plan teaching and support”Ofsted FES Inspection Handbook, para 218 (2023) 

Case study

Transforming learner outcomes: Educationwise Academy's journey to personalised education with Cognassist

After a monitoring visit, Educationwise put everything into creating the best learner experience and received Ofsted Outstanding on their first full visit.

Key outcomes

12

months Ofsted turnaround

Grade1

Ofsted Outstanding

Equal

achievement rates for learners with high needs

Intent – Targeted support from the start

Using our Flexible Learning Plan tool, tutors co-design personalised strategies with a foundation in education psychology for the learner. This allows them to target specific learning barriers with with precision that previously would have required one-to-one support from an education psychologist. 

Implementation – Adapting in the flow of learning

With month-by-month updates, tutors deliver, adjust, and embed strategies into learning. This in-flow support helps learners overcome challenges, build resilience, and develop learning behaviours that last. 

Impact – Review, refine, succeed

Quarterly support reviews give learners and tutors space to reflect, measure progress, and make data-driven decisions. Whether scaling back or intensifying support, the focus stays on meaningful, measurable outcomes.  

Work-flows that align to ESFA funding rules

From initial screening to tailored ILPs, in-flow learning adaptations, and building robust evidence for funding claims, Cognassist supports your learners, tutors, and organisation at every stage. We help you meet evidencing requirements while delivering personalised support from onboarding through to completion.

Removing barriers to completion

EPA and functional skills can block progress for learners with hidden needs. Cognassist equips providers with the evidence to secure access arrangements and exemptions, boosting first-time EPAO pass rates and easing the functional skills burden on the learners who need it most. 

  • Exemption to English and/or maths. Cognassist is independently verified to meet the criteria of JCQ and can be used as robust evidence to support English or maths exemption. 
  • Extra-time at EPAO. Cognassist accurately measures and reports on speed of working to identify where extra time at EPA may be required and provided. 
  • Non-time based EPAO adjustments. Cognassist highlights possible flexibilities to explore for Observations, Practical’s, Exams, Projects, Presentations and Discussions enabling early and accurate application. 
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Kai your personalised psychologist

We know apprentices have a lot of changing demands at work and this requires tutors to be agile. That’s why we designed Kai – the Cognassist AI chat trained as an educational and occupational psychologist to present personalised adjustments to explore for any given situation throughout the apprentice’s journey.

Kai helps tutors and learners find the right approach to complex situations at the point of need, not after the fact.  

 Where a learning need is identified Cognassist will provide your tutor with personalised educational psychology strategies to target and address the learning barrier. These strategies are based upon the findings of the assessment and the Flexible Learning Plan design. 

 

Benefits to the Tutor/Trainer

  • Save time

    Amplify the power of every teaching moment, creating a more efficient and effective learning environment for all.

  • Secure exam flexibilities

    Approved by 150+ Awarding Organisations.

  • Identify and Implement

    Targeted individual strategies that address specific unique cognitive traits.

  • Reduce risk

    Ensure compliance with equalities legislation and build a robust evidence pack

  • Confidently unlock additional funding streams

    Trusted by JCQ, Awarding Bodies, and industry leaders.

Benefits to the learner

  • Personalised Support Strategies

    Through Cognitive Mapping, learners receive tailored, research-backed strategies designed to help them work smarter, not harder

  • A More Inclusive and Supportive Environment

    With Cognassist, learners don’t have to navigate challenges alone, tutors  receive guidance on how to best support diverse thinkers.

  • Secure exam flexibilities

    Adjustments to support their learning journey.

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Case study

Empowering neurodiverse learners: Hawk Training’s journey to inclusive education with Cognassist

Hawk Training partnered with Cognassist to personalise learner support, improving educational outcomes, compliance, and staff efficiency across programmes.

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5 Million+ Strategies Delivered

59% Learners Complete strategies

400,000+ Brains Mapped


What our customers say


 

Cagla Gayretli

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Coordinator, Informa Markets


This training has already provided useful for Informa and would be a ‘must’ for anyone seeking to cultivate a truly inclusive and empathetic work environment.

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Domonique P

Commodity Manager and Neuro-inclusion Champion , Siemens


Moving forward, the Cognassist solution is crucial. Our senior leadership team is already engaged, and we will extend this training to all managers, who can then share their knowledge with their teams, spreading our inclusive culture quickly and effectively.

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FAQs

Yes. Your learners can complete their Cognassist assessment either alone, for example at home or work, or alongside a tutor. This is because the assessment aligns to the design requirements of the International Testing Commission and has cheat detection in the form of intelligent Performance Validity Checks.  

Cognassist has been designed alongside well-known ex-HMI inspectors to optimise the workflows towards the expectations and EIF of Ofsted. The goals of Cognassist and Ofsted, of removing barriers to learning and making sure those with learning differences are not left behind are well aligned and fit with the EIF.  

Almost every AO and EPAO in the UK accepts Cognassist as part of your evidence packs.  

Note. For JCQ compliance and Form 8 an appropriate practitioner must be present when the learner completes the assessment.  

 

Find out how Cognassist can transform learner experience and outcomes

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