Withdrawal from Performance Tables (Condition PTQ12)

Rules about managing the withdrawal of qualifications from performance tables

Condition PTQ12: Withdrawal of Performance Table Qualifications from Performance Tables

1. PTQ12.1 In respect of a Performance Table Qualification which it makes available, an awarding organisation must –
   1. (a) promptly notify Ofqual –
      1. (i) where it proposes to withdraw that qualification from inclusion in the Performance Tables, and
      2. (ii) where for any other reason that qualification will, or is likely to, no longer be included in the Performance Tables, and
   2. (b) provide, as part of the notification, a description of the circumstances in which the need for the notification has arisen.
2. PTQ12.2 Where either of the situations in Condition PTQ12.1(a)(i) or (ii) applies –
   1. (a) Ofqual may decide, upon application by the awarding organisation or otherwise, that the Performance Table Qualification Qualification Level Conditions should no longer apply to that qualification, and
   2. (b) the awarding organisation must comply with any requirements communicated to it by Ofqual in writing as part of that decision.
3. PTQ12.3 Any decision by Ofqual under Condition PTQ12.2 may include a decision that the Performance Table Qualification Qualification Level Conditions shall not apply to the relevant qualification from a particular date.