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Guidance on collecting evidence of student performance to ensure resilience in the qualifications system for GCSE, AS and A levels, Project Qualifications and AEA.
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 2026.
This joint contingency plan is in place to deal with any major disruption that may affect exam candidates.
Rules and guidance about assessment in Technical Qualifications
Rules for how you can adapt qualifications for students with disabilities.
Ofqual has issued Cambridge English with a monetary penalty of £875,000 for issuing over 60,000 incorrect results in International English language tests.
Ofqual has issued Cambridge OCR with a monetary penalty of £270,000 following assessment material errors across its 2025 AS and A Level physics papers.
Rules and regulations for GCSEs (9 to 1) in mathematics.
Guidance on complying with the rules and regulations for new Functional Skills qualifications in mathematics.
Guidance on complying with the rules and regulations for new Functional Skills qualifications in English.
This document is part of a suite of documents which sets out our regulatory requirements for awarding organisations offering Technical Occupation Qualifications at Level 2.
Ofqual's service for reviewing the decisions made by exam boards on appeals against GCSE, AS, A level and some vocational or technical qualifications results.
How you can raise concerns about your employer’s role in delivering a qualification regulated by Ofqual.
Infographics summarising the key trends from A level and Level 3 vocational and technical qualification results in summer 2025.
Guide for teachers and heads explaining GCSE and A level grading: how marking works, how grade boundaries are set, and how student grades are determined fairly.
Additional rules and guidance for qualifications used in school performance tables
Accrediting qualifications: how and when we do it
Information on how Ofqual is regulating the technical qualification component of T Levels.
Rules and regulations for GCSEs (9 to 1) in computer science.
Rules and regulations for GCSEs (9 to 1) in art and design.
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