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Criteria for assessing applications to be recognised by Ofqual to develop or award regulated qualifications.
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Grade descriptors for GCSEs graded 9 to 1. Designed to provide an indication of the likely level of performance at grades 2, 5 and 8.
Rules and regulations for all GCSEs (9 to 1).
How to use this handbook
Confirmed apprenticeship end-point assessments (EPAs) for standards regulated by Ofqual.
Rules about providing information on qualification fees and features, packaging qualifications with other products or services, and invoicing.
Information for Level 3, Level 1/2 and Level 2 vocational and technical qualifications used for progression and taken alongside or in place of A-levels and GCSEs.
Infographics summarising the key trends from A level results in 2024.
Rules and regulations for ESOL qualifications.
This guide explains what schools, colleges and other exam or assessment centres can expect from awarding organisations regulated by Ofqual and the arrangements for qualifications in 2025.
Guide to Ofqual's submission process.
The Regulated Qualifications Framework will replace the QCF and NQF.
Rules and regulations for awarding organisations that submit data about exams.
Rules and regulations for Ofqual-regulated apprenticeship end-point assessments
The gateway enables you to communicate and seek information about what it means, and involves, to be recognised and regulated by Ofqual.
Advice and guidance for students on how to cope with pressure associated with test and exam anxiety.
How qualifications in England and Northern Ireland relate to those of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF).
This guide will help apprentices find out what to expect from the end-point assessment (EPA), an independent assessment at the final stage of an apprenticeship.
Rules and regulations for new Functional Skills qualifications in English
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