Built for further education.
PlumbMate is a revision and assessment platform aligned to the City & Guilds Level 2 Plumbing qualification. It is shaped by current FE classroom practice and meets the technical, compliance and safeguarding standards expected by UK colleges.
1. At a glance
Eight things college procurement teams typically want to confirm in the first five minutes:
2. Built by a practising FE educator
PlumbMate is not built by a generalist EdTech team; it is built by someone teaching the qualification it covers. Decisions about content, sequencing, tutor tools and assessment design are made by an active practitioner who is in front of learners every week.
Currently teaching City & Guilds Level 2 Plumbing at a London FE college. PlumbMate's curriculum, quizzes and tutor tools are designed from this perspective.
- Internal Quality Assurer (IQA) qualified
- Expert Practitioner status
- Active classroom teaching role
- Building Services Curriculum Manager experience
3. Designed for the way tutors actually teach
The tutor-facing tools were specified from real classroom needs, not retrofitted to a consumer learning app:
4. Safeguarding & age-appropriate design
Plumbing apprentices commonly start training at 16 or 17. PlumbMate is designed with that age range in mind, following the principles of the ICO's Age Appropriate Design Code (the Children's Code):
- Direct paid subscriptions restricted to users aged 18 or over.
- Under-18s access only via a college subscription (with the college acting as data controller) or a parent/guardian account.
- No behavioural advertising of any kind, to anyone.
- No profiling of children's data for marketing purposes.
- Highest privacy settings applied by default.
- No "nudge" mechanics designed to extract unnecessary personal data.
Tutor accounts can see learner engagement and progress within their own college, supporting the safeguarding oversight responsibilities colleges already have. Full detail in our Privacy Policy.
5. Data protection & security
The technical controls below are documented in a written Information Security Policy and underpin our Cyber Essentials certification:
A Data Processing Agreement is available for college subscriptions. Full subprocessor list, legal bases and your rights as a data subject are documented in our Privacy Policy.
6. Accessibility & inclusive design
FE colleges have legal obligations under the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (commonly "WCAG 2.2 AA"). Tools recommended to students should meet the same bar.
PlumbMate has been audited and remediated against WCAG 2.2 AA across 100+ pages and components. We publish an open Accessibility Statement covering known issues, contact routes and our remediation commitments.
7. Working with colleges
If your college is evaluating PlumbMate for a cohort or department, we can provide the documentation procurement and IT teams typically need:
- Data Processing Agreement (DPA) for college subscriptions
- Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) template
- Cyber Essentials evidence (on certification)
- Trial access for tutors and Quality Managers to evaluate
- Curriculum mapping (City & Guilds 6035-02 → PlumbMate content)
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