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Drivers of choice for vocational and technical qualifications

Ofqual research on the factors which drive decisions in schools, colleges and training providers over which vocational and technical qualifications to offer.

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Service

Ofqual analytics and interactive apps

Our award-winning apps display data on academic and vocational qualifications. You can explore the data in different ways, for example GCSE results by year, English county and gender.

You can contact the team at data.analytics@ofqual.gov.uk.

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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. GCE subject-level conditions and requirements for physical education
    • Regulation
  2. GCSE (9 to 1) subject-level conditions and requirements for physical education
    • Regulation
  3. Digital qualifications: evaluation progress
    • Guidance

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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 Handbook: General Conditions of Recognition
    • Manual
  2. Understand our rules
    • Detailed guide
See all guidance and regulation

News and communications

  1. Rules confirmed to improve awarding organisation centre controls
    • News story
  2. Drivers of choice for vocational and technical qualifications
    • News story
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Research and statistics

  1. A review of the literature on anxiety for educational assessments
    • Research
  2. Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications
    • Research
See all research and statistics

Policy papers and consultations

  1. Awarding organisation controls for centre assessments - regulations
    • Consultation outcome
  2. Legal establishment and location of awarding organisations
    • Open consultation
See all policy papers and consultations

Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Awarding organisations: scope of recognition
    • Transparency
  2. Ofqual spend data over £25k
    • Transparency
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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