Level 7 accountancy professional apprenticeship certificate regulations

• As an Apprentice Assessment Organisation, ICAEW will be responsible for verifying the student has achieved competence in the knowledge, skills and behaviours of the Level 7 Accountancy Professional Apprenticeship Standard. 
• Please read these regulations in conjunction with the relevant pages on the ICAEW student website icaew.com/dashboard, where you will find additional information and guidance.
• The apprenticeship certificate is issued by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) and sent to the apprentice’s employer by recorded delivery.

• hold qualifications in English and Maths, at grades A*-C/9-4 or equivalent, which are listed as a minimum of Level 2 on the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF); and
• complete a minimum of 12 months’ work experience as a Level 7 Accountancy Professional Apprenticeship Certificate student in an accountancy role at an Authorised Training Employer; and
• complete an On-programme Assessment, and any mandatory On-programme qualifications and any other gateway requirements listed in the Apprenticeship Standard or Assessment Plan; and
• pass the ICAEW End-point Assessment; and 
• meet any additional requirements imposed by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) and/or the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA); and
• the applicable fees set by the Committee must have been paid. 

An individual registering to study the Level 7 Accountancy Professional Apprenticeship Certificate must declare to ICAEW at registration if they have a criminal conviction, bankruptcy order or IVA, have been disqualified as a company director, have failed to satisfy a judgement debt, hold an adverse finding by any professional body or regulator or have been involved in any other activity that brings into question their fitness and propriety.

• on the date on which the ACA training agreement or period of approved training was suspended or cancelled under the Authorised Training Employer Regulations; or
• with effect from the date of any bankruptcy order made against the Level 7 Accountancy Professional Apprenticeship Certificate student or any other declaration as in regulation ‎5; or
• on such other date and in such other circumstances as the Committee, in its absolute discretion, may decide.

and the Level 7 Accountancy Professional Apprenticeship Certificate student shall thereafter cease to be a Level 7 Accountancy Professional Apprenticeship Certificate student as defined in these regulations.

An individual cannot register to study the Level 7 Accountancy Professional Apprenticeship Certificate if they are attempt-barred against any Certificate Level or Professional Level assessments under the ACA Assessment Regulations.

• the ACA Certificate Level assessments (subject to the ACA Assessment Regulations);
• the ACA Professional Level assessments (subject to the ACA Assessment Regulations);
• the ACA Advanced Level Corporate Reporting and Strategic Business Management assessments (subject to the ACA Assessment Regulations);
• a programme of Professional Development.

• the ACA Case Study (subject to the ACA Assessment Regulations);
• a Project Report Assessment. 

There is no restriction on the number of attempts at the Project Report Assessment. [1] 

The pass mark for the Project Report Assessment is 50%.

Students may not appeal against their mark for the Project Report Assessment.

The Project Report Assessment must be no more than 4,000 words.

• cheating ie, failing to comply with the rules governing assessments;
• colluding ie, assisting another student to gain an advantage by any means, facilitating or receiving such assistance;
• fabricating ie, misleading or attempting to mislead the examiners by presenting work for assessment in a way which intentionally or recklessly suggests that factual information has been collected which has not in fact been collected, or falsifies factual information;
• personating ie, acting, appearing, or producing work on behalf of another student in order to deceive the examiners, or soliciting another individual to act, appear or produce work on a student’s behalf;
• plagiarising ie, incorporating within a submission, work (published or unpublished in whatever format or medium) created by another person without appropriate acknowledgement.

ICAEW will investigate any student suspected of involvement in any irregularity or misconduct. Where a case for misconduct is to be considered, the student will be notified and given opportunity to write to explain the circumstances of the case.

The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) will issue a certificate to a student who has completed the requirements of the Level 7 Accountancy Professional Apprenticeship Certificate.

Designatory letters do not attach to the award of the Level 7 Accountancy Professional Apprenticeship Certificate.