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Criteria for assessing applications to be recognised by Ofqual to develop or award regulated qualifications.
A series of 'postcards' outlining the work Ofqual is doing, with an emphasis on current reforms to qualifications in England.
How to interpret our rules, including defined terms
Rules and regulations for ESOL qualifications.
Advice and guidance for students on how to cope with pressure associated with test and exam anxiety.
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.
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.
Rules about providing information on qualification fees and features, packaging qualifications with other products or services, and invoicing.
Rules and regulations for new Functional Skills qualifications in English
Recent updates regarding regulated qualifications.
Subject matter specialists provide invaluable advice to Ofqual as we carry out our role in regulating qualifications. Find out how to apply to be one.
Infographics summarising the key trends from A level results in 2024.
Rules and regulations for Ofqual-regulated apprenticeship end-point assessments
How to use this handbook
Ofqual has given a direction to EAL in relation to incorrect results issued by EAL for an end-point assessment qualification.
The gateway enables you to communicate and seek information about what it means, and involves, to be recognised and regulated by Ofqual.
Details, by awarding organisation, of the different assessment options available for functional skills in 2021.
Regulatory conditions, requirements and guidance for awarding organisations offering Alternative Academic and Technical Occupation Qualifications at Level 3.
Guidance for assigning regulated qualifications to a Sector Subject Area (SSA) when they are placed on Ofqual's Register of Regulated Qualifications.
Accrediting qualifications: how and when we do it
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