Correspondence

Direction issued to Ofqual

Direction from the Secretary of State for Education to Ofqual's Chief Regulator about how GCSE, AS, A level and vocational and technical qualifications should be awarded in 2021.

From:
Department for Education
Published
25 February 2021
Last updated
25 February 2021 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Letter from Gavin Williamson to Simon Lebus

PDF, 331 KB, 12 pages

Details

On 23 February 2021, Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP, Secretary of State for Education sent a letter to Simon Lebus, Ofqual’s Chief Regulator. It sets out how:

  • GCSEs, AS and A levels should be awarded this year using teacher assessed grades based on a range of evidence
  • vocational and technical qualifications will be split into 3 each with a different approach to awarding
  • other general qualifications will be awarded through alternative arrangements

Read Simon Lebus’ response to this letter, which confirms Ofqual’s decisions about how these qualifications will be graded in 2021.

Published 25 February 2021
Last updated 25 February 2021 + show all updates

  1. Added a link to Ofqual's response to this direction.

  2. First published.

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