Guidance

National Reference Test: General information

These documents explain how Ofqual handles personal data in relation to the National Reference Test and give background information on how the test works.

Documents

National Reference Test: your information and your privacy

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Background report: National Reference Test Information

Details

The National Reference Test (NRT) provides additional information to support the awarding of GCSEs in England, specifically in English language and maths.

Ofqual processes personal data in association with the NRT in line with its statutory objectives and duties and in the exercise of its public task. The first document sets out what personal data we collect, how we will use it, who we will share it with and how long it will be kept.

The second document provides the background to the National Reference Test (NRT), and includes information about how the NRT was developed, the approach taken, and the way the test is administered, marked and analysed.

Updates to this page

Published 24 May 2018
Last updated 22 August 2024 + show all updates
  1. Minor updates made to the background information.

  2. Minor update to the background information

  3. Added accessible versions of the documents.

  4. Addition of the NRT background document, having moved it from elsewhere on the website.

  5. First published.

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