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Find the difficulty level of a qualification and compare qualifications across different countries.
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Check if a qualification is regulated and what level it is on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF)
Find out if a person’s qualifications allow them to work in an early years setting, and if you can include them in staff:child ratios.
Who and what Ofqual regulates, how to apply to be regulated and what happens when you want to stop being regulated.
Information about the qualifications available under the statutory digital entitlement.
Guidance on obtaining evidence of your qualification for employment, study, or professional registration.
The role of qualifications in publicly funded further education.
Find out what vocational or academic courses and qualifications are available at schools, colleges and sixth forms in your area
QCA was responsible for maintaining and developing the national curriculum and associated assessments, tests and examinations; and accredited and monitored qualifications in colleges and at work.
Explains how to apply for a free level 3 qualification. These courses could help you improve your wage outcomes and job prospects, and gain skills that employers value.
Lists of qualifications that meet DfE's criteria for counting in the early years foundation stage framework staff:child ratios.
The qualifications you need to work with fluorinated gas (F gas) and the organisations that offer them.
How to get professional qualifications obtained in the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein recognised in the UK.
Information on how Ofqual is regulating the technical qualification component of T Levels.
Steps providers should take to prepare to offer approved higher technical qualifications (HTQs).
Find out about Ofqual's rules for the qualifications and assessments we regulate.
Mandatory qualifications for specialist teachers of pupils with hearing impairment, vision impairment or multi-sensory impairment.
Data on vocational and other qualifications.
Rules and regulations and guidance for project qualifications.
Find out how to access national professional qualifications (NPQs) training and support for teachers and school leaders.
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