Guidance

Standardisation and awarding dates

Guide to the submission process.

• From: Ofqual
• Published: 29 October 2024
• Last updated: 1 May 2026
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  1. 1 May 2026

     Updated the document template and clarified aspects of the text. Updated validation for ‘ReportingDate’ to only accept yyyy-mm-dd as valid date format. Updated validation for ‘QualificationNumber’ to not accept -2 as QualificationNumber Should be known. Updated validation for ‘AdditionalInformation’ to not accept blank values. Instead, -2 accepted if no additional information needed or available.

  2. 19 January 2026

     Changes were made to the template structure and guidance

  3. 29 October 2024

     Final version of the guidance notes

  4. 29 October 2024

     First published.

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Guide to the submission process.