Powering vocational assessment

World leaders in digital assessment for vocational.

Surpass supports vocational education worldwide through work-based learning programs to equip the next generation of learners with valuable qualifications. As your test development, publishing and technology partner, we’ll give you confidence and control over your professional vocational assessment program.

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We provide assessment solutions for vocational education providers and other industries across the world.

”“City & Guilds benefit from being part of the Surpass community by being able to talk to other people going through the same type of experiences, requirements and changes in the industry.”
Granville Edwards, Operations Manager, City & Guilds

You’re in control of your Item Bank

With our advanced item banking capabilities, security and reliability, you can securely create and manage your vocational education program with ease.

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Create engaging real-world vocational assessments with innovative question types.

Candidates can have an authentic experience with technology-enhanced assessments to create engaging real-world performance-based vocational assessments. Choose from a range of standard and advanced question types to test all-round skill, with various rich media and source material options, including an inbuilt PDF viewer and our award-winning high-fidelity image viewer.

After the exam is finished, automatic feedback for candidates can be shared with a variety of options.

Discover how NCFE transformed vocational assessments with Surpass

For over 15 years, NCFE has partnered with Surpass to advance learning through high-quality vocational and technical qualification. This case study highlights how Surpass was able to support the transformation of NCFE’s assessment process and provided the flexibility needed to overcome the challenges of on-demand vocational qualifications, while enabling delivery of remote assessments, providing security, flexibility and valuable insights into learner behaviour.

Read our NCFE case study

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Collaborate with other vocational awarding organizations

Watch Nicola Bennett from City & Guilds talk about the benefits of being a part of the Surpass Community, and the opportunities it brings for collaboration with other awarding organizations.

Deliver continuous learning and feedback through summative testing

Watch Graeme Clark from SQA discuss how the organization uses Surpass to deliver assessments to candidates that focus on continuous learning and feedback through summative testing.

Complex item types to transform your assessments

Discover how CXC® recognised the significant benefits in adopting an item authoring and reviewing platform that provides increased security and quality assurance capabilities, a test driver application that supports fully offline testing, and a fully integrated end-to-end platform.