Client Porsche GB Ltd April 2026 April proved a busy period for QAA, featuring three weeks at the Porsche head office in Reading for assessment days involving new sales staff from the UK Retailer network. QAA supplies role play actors to simulate realistic situations that sales staff might face during a typical workday. Assessors evaluate their performance based on a variety of activities, all of which are recorded by our media production team for both Porsche and the candida

Partner - IMedia July 2026 Some of the hospitality team, test driving the product ! Another year to add to the twenty for our service to Mercedes-Benz host team, Michael, Lucy, and Alexandra, played a pivotal role at the 154th Royal Birkdale course event, which took place in July 2026. Their contributions were not merely supportive; they were integral to the overall experience that attendees enjoyed during this prestigious event. A warm welcome and personalized interactions

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Client - Williams BMW Retail Group. "It was amazing to have realistic but 'safe' practice sessions with the QAA team and get honest and practical feedback, that I could use straightaway." QAA have collaborated with BMW GB Ltd and its learning & development partner, Inspiro Learning, for over ten years, offering a variety of services including: Role play actors Scriptwriting Training sessions We deliver training at regional locations or onsite at client premises. This projec

Client - BMW Motorrad March 2026 For over ten years, QAA has supplied role play actors and expert staff to BMW GB Ltd, establishing a robust partnership with their Learning & Development team and main agency, Inspiro. Recently, we have extended our services to BMW's motorcycle division, overseeing an assessment center for UK dealer staff. Our role play actors are highly experienced in corporate projects, with many being professionally trained and actively participating in fil

Client: Volkswagen Group Date: Jan 2026 One of our popular courses in the retail sector. Role play actors will assist in illustrating how to effectively handle a variety of challenging situations that may arise in customer service interactions. This hands-on approach not only enhances learning but also equips them with the skills necessary to navigate complex customer interactions with confidence. VW Group run this course for all brands throughout the year with the training s

The marking of mock examinations for 2024 has commenced and we are as busy as usual. If your school or academy are interested in outsourcing your marking so teachers are free to do other important work why don’t you contact us for a quotation. You…

As we are at a time of year that mocks are being sat, we urge schools to contact us if you are interested in our marking services as we are rapidly getting busier. Please email jasminefretwell@qa-associates.co.uk if you are interested.

We are pleased to announce that our apprentice Jasmine has just received a Distinction in her recent Marketing qualification.

We are conducting a short survey to get information about whether schools are considering using external services or still conducting it using teachers. Could you spare two minutes to answer six multi-choice questions? We would really appreciate this and of course, we will send you…

QA Associates hope that everyone at schools, colleges and academies had a good summer and that GCSE and A Level examination results were as you wished for. We would like to thank those of you that used our external mock examination marking services…

QA Associates are very pleased to have marked mock examinations for our first overseas client in UAE, we look forward to what will be a busy academic year of expansion as we see a higher demand for our services and take our business overseas.

After seven years working with QA, Denise has retired and will be really missed. after a long career in senior positions not least eight years with the police, Denise is going to embark on her great passion – holidays, holidays and more holidays. Taking the…

With an increasing number of new schools using our services for marking and validation we have been surprised with the number of different subjects that we now cover. Spanish is the latest addition which means we have markers for over twenty subjects. Other surprises have…

QA Associates are delighted to announce, ‘Awarding Body’ approval for a new Level 7 Advanced Professional Award within our ‘BTEC assessment centre’. Working in partnership with Autonomy Expert Services Limited (AES) who will deliver the expert training delivery, QA are providing the administration relating to the…

Students are back in school next week and orders for marking examination papers are already coming in. It looks like school marking requirements are changing to meet new circumstances with the majority of orders seeking our moderation service. This is where we typically mark 20…

We are very pleased to report that Pearson Edexcel have completed their annual external verification and audit of our qualification, ‘BTEC Level 6 Professional Award in Regulatory Skills in the Health and Social Care Sector’. The audit process by Pearson examines both the work submitted…

What a few weeks that we have just had!. A big thank you to all our markers for completing their exam allocations prior to close of play on the 24th December. One batch of scripts were delivered late and they will be marked during the…

This years mock exam papers have now started coming in with the first batch for moderation completed and returned to a Sheffield based School. We are now well into marking for a large batch of papers for a number of schools in a wide range…

Despite all the difficulties with Covid 19, QA are busy marking and assessing a variety of examination papers and project work including BTECs in Investigative Practice, Regulatory Skills in the Health and Social Care Sector and School Finance and Operational Leadership.. Well done to all…