Policies, regulations and centre guidance

Safeguarding is embedded across ASDAN through strong leadership and governance. Our Safeguarding Lead oversees safeguarding activity and is a member of ASDAN’s board-level RISE (Responsibility, Inclusion, Safeguarding and Ethics) committee. This ensures that safeguarding is monitored at the highest level and aligned with ASDAN’s commitment to responsible, ethical and inclusive practice.

We are committed to safer recruitment processes, providing ongoing staff training and maintaining a culture where the safety and wellbeing of learners always comes first.

To ensure safe and effective delivery of ASDAN programmes and qualifications, members are expected to:

• maintain up-to-date safeguarding and child-protection procedures in line with legislation and best practice
• follow safer recruitment processes to ensure staff and volunteers are suitably vetted and trained
• ensure all staff understand their safeguarding responsibilities and receive regular training
• provide safe, inclusive learning environments and respond promptly to any safeguarding concerns
• notify ASDAN of any safeguarding issues that may affect the delivery or integrity of ASDAN programmes and qualifications

ASDAN is committed to working collaboratively with centres to uphold the highest safeguarding standards and promote safe, positive experiences for all learners.

 

• Appeals policy and procedure
• Appeals – enquiry request form
• Appeals – post results review request form
• Appeals – learner consent form
• Appeals – appeal request form
• Centre agreement for qualifications
• Centre approval policy
• Centre auditing policy
• Conflict of interest policy
• Conflict of interest declaration form
• Customer complaints, compliments and comments policy
• Customer complaints, compliments and comments form
• Equity, diversity and inclusion policy and procedure
• Invoicing policy
• Malpractice and maladministration policy and procedure
• Malpractice or maladministration notification form
• Reasonable adjustments to assessment policy and procedure
• Reasonable adjustments application form
• Recognition of prior learning policy and procedure
• Recognition of prior learning application form
• Registration and certification policy
• Retention of assessment materials policy
• Safeguarding incident form
• Safeguarding policy
• Sanctions policy and procedure
• Satellite and partnership: application form
• Special considerations policy and procedure
• Special consideration application form 
• Welsh Language Policy Statement
• Whistleblowing policy
• Whistleblowing form
• Withdrawal policy and procedure

 

• Pricing and fees information 2025-26

 

GDPR compliance

ASDAN takes the data privacy of its customers very seriously and is committed to ensuring that all personal data it handles adheres to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The documents below provide more information on how we work to the highest standards in protecting the data of our centres and learners.

• GDPR policy
• GDPR compliance statement
• Privacy notice
• Subject access request

Assessment

• Internal assessment procedures and paperwork
• Assessment planning guidance
• Assessment planning checklist

This section provides information on:

• The assessor roles and responsibilities
• Assessment process, carried out by centres

Centre Approval Guidance

• Internal quality assurance guidance
• Internal quality assurance cycle
• Internal quality assurance pre-delivery check
• Internal quality assurance sampling plan
• Internal quality assurance feedback report
• Internal standardisation meeting template
• External quality assurance sample centre checklist

This section provides information and recording documents for:

• Internal Quality Assurance (moderation)
• External Quality Assurance

Qualification codes and end dates