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Our research programmes help us to maintain standards and regulate qualifications based on evidence.…
Results of pilot studies involving comparative judgement methods for capturing expert judgement for the purpose of standard maintaining.
A safety message to ferry and port operators about the importance of checking critical and vulnerable systems on ships, and dealing with emergency situations in port.
Guidance and best practice on maintaining prison buildings to a safe and decent standard for staff and prisoners to live and work in.
New consultation considers amendments to promote and maintain standards of competence amongst architects registered in the UK in relation to building safety.
Information on leasing activities for maintained schools, including the international financial reporting standard (IFRS 16 leases) introduced on 1 April 2024.
The home of Standards and Testing Agency on GOV.UK. We develop and deliver assessments for children in education between reception and the end of key stage 2.
Resources to support schools and trusts in developing, implementing and maintaining a whole-school behaviour culture.
How the Area 1 - Testing team from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency maintained high staff wellbeing from 2012 to 2014.
Complain about a school - complaints process, when to complain to the Department for Education, the Education Funding Agency or Ofsted.
The home of Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner on GOV.UK. Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) regulates immigration advisers; ensuring they are fit, competent and act in their clients’ best in…
The home of Regulator of Social Housing on GOV.UK. Our role and fundamental objectives, duty and priorities.
This publication, published in April 2018, sets out HM Treasury’s proposal on transferring responsibility for maintaining ‘onshored’ EU Binding Technical Standards to UK regulators.
Business rates are charged on most non-domestic properties - who has to pay, how your rates are calculated, getting a revaluation, what to do if your premises change.
This final version of the strategy sets out ambitious plans to harness the potential of data in health and care in England, while maintaining the highest standards of privacy and ethics.
The Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) is the advocate for the Catholic Maintained Schools sector in Northern Ireland. CCMS represents trustees, schools and governors on issues such as raising and maintaining standards, the school estate and teacher employment.
What you need to do to set up your MOT test station, including applying for MOT status and authorised examiner status, MOT special notices
The home of Ofqual on GOV.UK. The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) regulates qualifications, examinations and assessments in England.
VAT rates for building work, including plumbers, plasterers and carpenters - new houses and flats, work for disabled people, energy saving, grant-funded heating, conversions and renovations, properties that are not homes
Who needs to use a tachograph and exemptions; digital and analogue tachographs; guidance for goods vehicles, passenger carrying vehicles (PCVs) and light vehicles
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