One click from gateway to the assessment organisation.
When a learner is ready, Journey builds the assessment readiness pack from the record, a named person approves it, and one click sends it to Meritura by Journey. Meritura runs scheduling, assessor allocation, marking, IQA and result release. The released result comes back to the learner record.
A pack, an approval and a click.
What used to be a zip file and an email is a correlated exchange between two systems of record, with a person at each end.
- Readiness checklist cleared
9 of 9 items read from the record - Assessment readiness pack built
Minimised: what assessment needs, nothing more - Approved by a named person
Head of Delivery - Sent to Meritura
One click. Receipt confirmed in a minute.
- Pack accepted, case created
Tenant-scoped, audit event appended - Scheduled and assessor allocated
Competence and conflict checks before allocation - Assessed, marked, IQA approved
Intelligence assists. People decide. - Result released and synced to Journey
Distinction, back on the learner's record
Controlled demonstration data. Meritura and Journey are independent software and are not regulators, awarding bodies or certification services.
What is in the readiness pack, and what is not.
The pack is minimised by design: the assessment organisation receives what assessment needs and nothing more.
| In the pack | Why | Stays in Journey |
|---|---|---|
| Learner identity and apprenticeship reference | To create the case and match the result on return | Contact details beyond what the EPAO needs to schedule |
| Standard, level, assessment plan version and planned gateway date | Meritura derives the assessment regime from the plan type and the date | Programme plan history and tutor notes |
| Gateway confirmation: employer sign-off, English and maths status, portfolio complete where required | The evidence gateway was met | Progress reviews, off-the-job logs, quality samples |
| Portfolio or project evidence the assessment plan requires | Assessment methods that assess submitted work | Everything else in the e-portfolio |
| Reasonable adjustment requests | To schedule fairly | The underlying support records |
| Correlation reference and approver name | Both audit trails point at the same hand-over | Funding records and price |
The correction loop
If a coordinator at the assessment organisation returns the pack, it comes back to the same learner record in Journey with the reason and the correlation reference. The provider fixes the record, not a copy, and re-sends. Both sides keep the returned and re-sent events in their audit trails.
What the assessment organisation does with it
Meritura creates the case, schedules the assessment with replay and collision checks, allocates an assessor with competence and conflict checks, records delivery, takes marks, runs internal quality assurance, and releases the result through a human decision. Intelligence assists; people decide. The released result is the only thing that flows back.
Timeline, in practice
- Readiness cleared on the record and the pack built: minutes, because the checklist reads from the record.
- Approval by a named person at the provider: when they are ready, not when a form is finished.
- Receipt from Meritura: typically within a minute of sending.
- Scheduling and allocation: at the assessment organisation's pace, visible in Journey as case events.
- Result released and written to the record: the same day as release.
Any end-point assessment organisation is supported for bookings and outcomes. The one-click hand-over and result sync apply where the assessment organisation runs Meritura by Journey. Neither product is a regulator, awarding body or certification service.
About the Meritura hand-over.
What is Meritura?
Meritura by Journey is the assessment operations system for awarding organisations and end-point assessment organisations. It runs readiness-pack intake, assessment cases, scheduling, assessor allocation, marking, internal quality assurance, result release and result sync back to Journey. It is a separate product with its own system of record at meritura.co.uk.
What does Journey send to Meritura?
A minimised assessment readiness pack built from the learner record: the standard and assessment plan, gateway confirmation, the evidence assessment needs and nothing more. A named person at the provider approves the pack before it leaves Journey.
What comes back?
Receipt of the pack, any return for correction with the reason, and the released result once a person at the assessment organisation has released it after independent quality assurance. The result is written to the learner record with the released decision and time.
Does my EPAO have to use Meritura?
No. Journey's gateway readiness, EPA booking and outcome tracking work with any end-point assessment organisation. The one-click hand-over and result sync are available where the assessment organisation runs Meritura.
Is the hand-over automatic?
No. Readiness reads automatically from the record, but a named person approves the pack, and a person at the assessment organisation accepts it or returns it for correction. Intelligence assists; people decide.
Related pages.
See the hand-over end to end.
A walkthrough follows one learner from readiness to a released result, on controlled data.