Education & Training Courses

Start Your Journey as an Educator, Assessor or Quality Assurer

At Sunshine Training, we support vocational professionals who are ready to take the next step in their careers, from teaching and assessing through to quality assurance and higher-level teaching routes.

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Choose Your Course Help Me Choose
AETBegin teaching and training
CAVAProgress into assessment
IQA / EQAMove into quality assurance
Structured routesAET, CAVA, CET, IQA and EQA
Regulated optionsFocus Awards pathways where available
Human supportGuidance before and after booking
Secure checkoutStripe payment with available options
Clear Progression

Training routes built for real vocational professionals.

Our teaching, assessing and quality assurance courses are suitable for professionals from any vocational sector. These qualifications are ideal for experienced professionals who want to share their skills, support learners, assess competence, quality assure assessment decisions, or develop their role within a training provider, academy, workplace or education setting.

Online learning
Assessor support
Recognised pathways
Sunshine Training educator and training course support
Choose the right route Start with AET, progress into assessment with CAVA, then move into IQA or EQA when your role is ready for quality assurance.
Choose Your Course

Book your next educator qualification.

Book securely online. After payment, Rhian will contact you with course access, course information and next steps.

Start with AET if you are new to teaching Choose Focus Awards for Ofqual regulated routes Progress into assessor and quality assurance roles
Progression Routes

Move into assessing, quality assurance and higher teaching.

These routes are ideal once your role is ready for assessment, IQA/EQA or higher-level teaching responsibilities.

Ofqual Regulated / RQF Qualification

Focus Awards Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement

A regulated assessor qualification for learners seeking to assess occupational competence and vocational skills in workplace or training environments.

Focus Awards Level 3 CAVA

Available to book online
£599.00

Best for

  • Educators who want to assess learners
  • Vocational trainers
  • Academy owners

Key inclusions

  • Online learning
  • Portfolio of evidence
  • Assessment planning
Qualification details
  • Awarding Organisation: Focus Awards
  • Level: 3
  • QRN: 601/6104/8
  • Credits: 15
  • Recommended age: 19+
Full best-for list
  • Educators who want to assess learners
  • Vocational trainers
  • Academy owners
  • Workplace assessors
  • Beauty, nails, hair, aesthetics and wellbeing professionals
  • Those progressing from AET into assessment
Everything included
  • Online learning
  • Portfolio of evidence
  • Assessment planning
  • Practical assessment evidence
  • Assessor feedback records
  • Focus Awards certificate
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Ofqual Regulated / RQF Qualification

Focus Awards Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training

A higher-level teaching qualification for trainee teachers, existing educators, trainers and assessors progressing beyond Level 3 AET.

Focus Awards Level 4 CET

Available to book online
£999.00

Best for

  • Learners progressing from AET
  • Existing trainers and educators
  • Trainee teachers

Key inclusions

  • Online learning
  • Mandatory and optional units
  • Portfolio of evidence
Qualification details
  • Awarding Organisation: Focus Awards
  • Level: 4
  • QRN: 601/6341/0
  • Credits: 36
  • Recommended age: 19+
Full best-for list
  • Learners progressing from AET
  • Existing trainers and educators
  • Trainee teachers
  • Assessors moving into teaching
  • Vocational professionals wanting a higher-level teaching qualification
Everything included
  • Online learning
  • Mandatory and optional units
  • Portfolio of evidence
  • Teaching practice evidence
  • Assessor guidance and feedback
  • Focus Awards certificate
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Ofqual Regulated / RQF Qualification

Focus Awards Level 4 Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practices

A regulated IQA qualification for assessors ready to quality assure assessment decisions within a training provider, academy or assessment centre.

Focus Awards Level 4 IQA

Available to book online
£599.00

Best for

  • Qualified assessors
  • Internal quality assurers
  • Academy owners and lead educators

Key inclusions

  • Online learning
  • Portfolio of evidence
  • IQA planning
Qualification details
  • Awarding Organisation: Focus Awards
  • Level: 4
  • QRN: 601/6107/3
  • Credits: 12
  • GLH: 90
  • TQT: 120
  • Recommended age: 19+
Full best-for list
  • Qualified assessors
  • Internal quality assurers
  • Academy owners and lead educators
  • Training managers
  • Those responsible for sampling assessment decisions
Everything included
  • Online learning
  • Portfolio of evidence
  • IQA planning
  • Sampling activity
  • Assessor feedback records
  • Quality assurance evidence
  • Focus Awards certificate
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Ofqual Regulated / RQF Qualification

Focus Awards Level 4 Award in Understanding the External Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice

A knowledge-based qualification for experienced assessors, IQAs, lead educators and academy owners who want to understand external quality assurance.

Focus Awards Level 4 EQA Unit 1

Available to book online
£349.00

Best for

  • Qualified assessors
  • Internal quality assurers and lead educators
  • Academy owners and training managers

Key inclusions

  • Online learning
  • Written knowledge tasks
  • Portfolio of evidence
Qualification details
  • Awarding Organisation: Focus Awards
  • Level: 4
  • Qualification Number: 601/6167/X
  • Credits: 6
  • Guided Learning Hours: 45
  • Recommended age: 19+
Full best-for list
  • Qualified assessors
  • Internal quality assurers and lead educators
  • Academy owners and training managers
  • Learners interested in EQA work
  • Those wanting to understand awarding organisation quality assurance
Everything included
  • Online learning
  • Written knowledge tasks
  • Portfolio of evidence
  • Assessor feedback and support
  • Focus Awards certificate
This is an understanding-based EQA qualification. It does not qualify learners to carry out a full practical EQA activity on its own.
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Coming Soon

Focus Awards Level 5 Diploma in Teaching (Further Education and Skills)

A higher-level teaching route for learners working or wishing to work as teachers within the Further Education and Skills sector.

Focus Awards Level 5 DiT

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Coming Soon

Best for

  • Experienced educators
  • Trainee FE teachers
  • Vocational trainers progressing into higher-level teaching

Key inclusions

  • Additional entry requirements
  • Teaching practice evidence
  • Professional practice development
Qualification details
  • Awarding Organisation: Focus Awards
  • Level: 5
  • QRN: 610/5281/4
  • Status: Coming Soon at Sunshine Training
Full best-for list
  • Experienced educators
  • Trainee FE teachers
  • Vocational trainers progressing into higher-level teaching
  • Professionals wanting a recognised Level 5 teaching qualification
Everything included
  • Additional entry requirements
  • Teaching practice evidence
  • Professional practice development
This course will have additional entry, teaching practice and evidence requirements.
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Which Course Should I Choose?

A simple route map for your next step.

Choose the course that matches your role now and the educator route you want next.

A

AET

Choose Sunshine AET for an accessible foundation route, or Focus Awards AET if you need an Ofqual-regulated introductory teaching qualification.

C

CAVA / CET

Choose CAVA to become a qualified assessor. Choose CET when you want to progress beyond AET and develop your teaching practice further.

Q

IQA / EQA / DiT

Choose IQA or EQA to understand and quality assure assessment decisions. Choose DiT for the Level 5 teaching route when available.

Before You Enrol

Make sure your chosen route matches your goal.

Before booking, please make sure the course you choose is suitable for your goals and meets any requirements set by your employer, insurer, accrediting body, training provider or intended teaching route.

  • You may be asked to provide evidence of subject knowledge, vocational competence or relevant industry experience.
  • All learners are required to read and agree to Sunshine Training learner requirements before enrolling.
  • Klarna and Clearpay payment options may be available at checkout, subject to payment provider approval.
Regulated Qualifications

Focus Awards qualifications can be checked on the Ofqual Register.

Our Focus Awards qualifications are Ofqual-regulated RQF qualifications. Learners can verify regulated qualification details through the official Ofqual Register using the qualification title or QRN.

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Need Help Choosing?

Talk to Sunshine before you book.

Tell us where you are in your educator journey and we will help you choose the right route, whether you are just starting out, moving into assessment, or progressing into quality assurance.

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