Access to Farms
CEVAS Assessment

The assessment part of CEVAS will be undertaken after you or your staff have completed CEVAS training or following evidence that a CEVAS trained person is working with you to develop your educational opportunities.

An application pack is available from the independent assessors CMS UK, who will deal with all assessment queries. ATF has developed CEVAS but has no involvement in the assessment process.

CMS UK upon receipt of your CEVAS Part Two application pack and documents required, will verify your application to ensure that your farm is maintaining the CEVAS standards and remains eligible to be fully accredited. If satisfied CMS UK will notify FACE who will then forward your CEVAS Part Two Certificate, Plaque and CMS UK will send your ATF logo.

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CEVAS Certification follows a one year cycle: after one year an annual renewal pack will be sent to you to be completed to maintain your CEVAS accreditation.

Please see our general quality statement for CMS UK Quality System (CQS).

Further reading:

• Countryside Educational Visits Accreditation Scheme (CEVAS)
• CEVAS Training
• CEVAS Questions and Answers

For more information, or to register your interest, please contact Lynne Clarke on 01270 522645.

Access To Farms

Access To Farms is a partnership aiming to improve the opportunities and quality of educational access to farms by schools. The partners are: Country Land & Business Associations (CLS), Countryside Agency (CA), Countryside Foundation for Education (CFE), Department for Education and Skills (DfES), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Farming And Countryside Education (FACE), Farms for Schools (FFS), Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens (FCFCG), Groundwork UK (GW), Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF), National Farmers Union (NFU), National Farm Attractions Network (NFAN), The Country Trust (CT), The National Trust (NT), The Soil Association (SA).