A result means the same thing, whoever paid for it.
Independence is the entire point of an independent assessment. If a result could be bought, softened, or quietly edited, it would be worth nothing to the family relying on it. So here is exactly how we protect it, in plain terms you can hold us to.
An assessment informs a decision; it does not guarantee a caregiver's suitability or safety, and it is not a clinical diagnosis.
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The same instrument and thresholds for everyone
Every person sits the same assessment, scored against the same documented scoring rubric, with the same thresholds. A family, an agency, and a self-funding caregiver all read the result the same way. There is no softer version for a paying client and no harder one for anyone else.
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No client can move a result
The organisation or family who arranges an assessment cannot change its outcome, adjust a threshold, or ask us to revise a score in their favour. Results are scored to a documented rubric, and a buyer never sees a draft they can negotiate.
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A result cannot be edited after it is issued
Once a report is finalised it is locked. We keep an internal record of how and when each result was produced, so a certificate can be checked online against our records by its code, and so no one, inside or outside, can quietly alter what an assessment found.
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We sell a course, so we built a firewall
We are an independent assessment provider, and we also sell one optional course. Rather than pretend that tension away, we manage it with a firewall you can hold us to. Results are never influenced by what you buy from us: every assessment is scored to the same key and the same thresholds whether the caregiver bought nothing else, took our course, or came through a bundle. Taking the course does not raise an assessment score, unlock a different version of the assessment, or change how any future attempt is scored. Course completion sits on its own course certificate and never on an assessment report. Where a report points to a course chapter, that is guidance to close a gap, never a condition of a fair result, and no report is written to sell the course. And because we do not supply, rank, or place caregivers for hire, we earn nothing from whether anyone is hired.
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An agency name never sits next to the verdict
Where an agency arranges assessments, a report may note that the assessment was carried out for that agency. The agency name never appears beside the verdict itself or on the certification mark in a way that implies it shaped the outcome. Co-branded certificate options are in preparation; ask during your quote.
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We disclose conflicts and step back
If a situation arises where our independence could reasonably be questioned, we disclose it and step back from the decision rather than press on. Our reliability and validation work is underway and follows a documented, consistent methodology.
Why we put this in writing.
Most childcare trust is brokered by people with a reason for the answer to go one way: a placement agency that earns a fee from the hire, or a school confirming its own students attended. We built the party that has nothing to gain from the verdict. This statement is how we stay that party as we grow.
See how the assessment is built and checked → See a sample report →
Questions about our independence, or want this in a procurement pack? Talk to us, or read more about who we are.