Correspondence

DfE letter to Ofqual: qualifications at level 2 and below

The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills writes to Ofqual about its approach to qualifications at level 2 and below.

From:
Department for Education and Andrea Jenkyns MP
Published
20 October 2022

Applies to England

Documents

Letter from Andrea Jenkyns to Dr Jo Saxton at Ofqual

PDF, 180 KB, 7 pages

Details

Andrea Jenkyns, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills outlines the Department for Education’s (DfE) priorities for improving qualifications at level 2 and below, and asks Ofqual to:

  • consider how its regulatory powers can be used to improve funded qualifications at level 2 and below for young people and adults studying post-16
  • work with DfE and the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education (IfATE) to support meaningful improvement in the quality of these qualifications

The letter is made up of 2 parts:

  • part 1 gives overall steers on qualifications at level 2
  • part 2 gives more detailed steers on individual qualification groups
Published 20 October 2022