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News story

Supporting Exams Officers

Ofqual has created some resources to help support Exams Officers in their roles.

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News story

Consultation on awarding organisation controls for centre assessments

Changes proposed to the moderation and verification of centre assessment judgements.

FSQs

Collection

Functional Skills qualifications

A collection of documents showing how Ofqual is currently reforming Functional Skills qualifications.

Student guide

Guidance

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

Advice and guidance for students on how to cope with pressure associated with test and exam anxiety

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Guidance

Ask Ofqual - common questions answered

Videos and animations to provide guidance on common questions our Public Enquiries team receive

Latest from Ofqual

  1. Letter to awarding organisations: Annual Statement to Ofqual 2019
    • Correspondence
  2. Help Ofqual evaluate 2019's GCSEs, AS and A levels
    • News story
  3. Regulating digital functional skills qualifications
    • Open consultation

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What Ofqual does

The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) regulates qualifications, examinations and assessments in England.

Ofqual is a non-ministerial department.

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Services

  1. What qualification levels mean
  2. Find a regulated qualification
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Guidance and regulation

  1. Ofqual postcards: GCSE, AS and A level reforms
    • Promotional
  2. Grade descriptors for GCSEs graded 9 to 1
    • Guidance
See all guidance and regulation

News and communications

  1. Letter to awarding organisations: Annual Statement to Ofqual 2019
    • Correspondence
  2. Help Ofqual evaluate 2019's GCSEs, AS and A levels
    • News story
See all news and communications

Research and statistics

  1. Examination Reform: Impact of Linear and Modular Examinations at GCSE
    • Research
  2. Assessment functioning of external assessments
    • Research
See all research and statistics

Policy papers and consultations

  1. Regulating digital functional skills qualifications
    • Open consultation
  2. Changes to our rules for reviews of marking, moderation and appeals
    • Consultation outcome
See all policy papers and consultations

Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Awarding organisations: scope of recognition
    • Transparency
  2. Ofqual's corporate plan
    • Corporate report
See all transparency and freedom of information releases

Our management

Sally Collier
Sally Collier
Chief Regulator, Ofqual
Roger Taylor
Roger Taylor
Chair, Ofqual
Sean Pearce
Chief Operating Officer, Ofqual
Dr Michelle Meadows
Executive Director for Strategy, Risk and Research, Ofqual
Phil Beach CBE
Executive Director for Vocational and Technical Qualifications, Ofqual
Julie Swan
Executive Director for General Qualifications, Ofqual

Contact Ofqual

Office

Earlsdon Park
53-55 Butts Road
Coventry
CV1 3BH
United Kingdom

Email

public.enquiries@ofqual.gov.uk

Telephone

0300 303 3344

The phone line is open on weekdays from 9am to 5pm except bank holidays.

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  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
  3. Make a new request by contacting us using the details below.

FOI requests for Ofqual

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foi@ofqual.gov.uk

Corporate information

Jobs and contracts

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