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As the 2024 exam season starts, Ofqual is reminding everyone involved in exams and assessments of the risks of malpractice.
The ABS proposals are a curriculum reform – they set a new vision for what students should learn post-16, at what level and with what balance across subjects.
Aims for the Advanced British Standard (ABS) 1. Ofqual welcomes the aims…
A letter to school and college heads written by Sir Ian Bauckham, Ofqual's Chief Regulator.
I would like to take the opportunity to introduce myself. I became Chief…
Ofqual intends to fine awarding organisation City & Guilds £200,000 for failing to resolve problems with its governance and incident management systems.
Ofqual's Executive Director for Vocational and Technical Qualifications discusses protecting the interests of apprentices and driving quality in assessment.
Letters requesting a set of regulators to update their strategic approach to AI, with the intention of increasing the transparency around how they are implementing the AI Regulation White Paper proposals.
New interim Chair at Ofqual.
Ofqual routinely analyses how attainment gaps for students with different protected characteristics and socio-economic status vary over time. Here, Dr Ian Stockford, interim Executive Director for Standards, Research and Ana…
New interim Chief Regulator at Ofqual.
Building on the success of the 2023 action plan, Ofqual confirms measures that will embed the timely delivery of vocational results.
A letter from Dr Jo Saxton, Ofqual's Chief Regulator, to headteachers and executive leaders about the delivery of vocational and technical qualification (VTQ) results for 2024 and beyond.
A letter written to higher education admissions officers to ensure they are fully aware of grading arrangements for the qualifications that Ofqual regulates for the 2023 to 2024 admissions cycle.
A letter from Dr Jo Saxton, Chief Regulator, to school and college heads about grading arrangements for 2024.
Statement on the resignation of Dr Jo Saxton as Chief Regulator.
GCSE results return to pre-pandemic levels with protection in place to recognise the disruption students have faced.
Covering Technical Awards and Technical Certificates approved for reporting in Department for Education (DfE) performance tables.
Two-year plan sees results return to pre-pandemic levels. Disruption recognised with grade protection for students.
Covering Applied General qualifications, T Levels, and other vocational and technical qualifications approved for reporting in the Department for Education performance tables.
A letter from Ofqual's Chief Regulator, Dr Jo Saxton, and UCAS's Chief Executive, Clare Marchant, to students receiving their results on 17 August 2023.
A speech given by Ofqual's Chief Regulator, Dr Jo Saxton, at the Wellington Festival of Education.
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