Guidance

Supporting compliance and taking regulatory action

How Ofqual will use statutory powers to take regulatory action and other less formal action to support awarding organisations to comply with their conditions of recognition.

Applies to England

Documents

Ofqual Enforcement Panel appeal rules

Details

This document explains how Ofqual intends to use its statutory powers to take regulatory action as well as describing other less formal action we take more frequently to support awarding organisations to comply with the conditions to which their recognition is subject.

From time to time we will evaluate our approach and revise this document as appropriate. We will consult when we propose to make any changes.

This is the third version of our Taking Regulatory Action policy. It has been revised to reflect our regulatory strategy and our experience of using our powers to take regulatory action since the policy was last updated in May 2012. We now call the policy ‘Supporting compliance and taking regulatory action’.

A list of regulatory actions and interventions taken by Ofqual can be seen here.

Updates to this page

Published 30 October 2025

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