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This guide provides you with information about this year’s arrangements for qualifications regulated by Ofqual. It also explains what support is in place when taking exams and assessments.
This factsheet is for the parents and carers of students about to sit exams and assessments in summer 2023. The factsheet was produced in collaboration with the Department for Education and UCAS.
Information hub of key dates and deadlines for Level 3 qualifications used alongside or in place of A levels for progression to further or higher education.
Recent updates regarding regulated qualifications.
Guidance for students, parents and schools to help students avoid making mistakes which could lose them marks or lead to disqualification from an exam.
Rules about setting and delivering assessments, including about the language of assessments, maintaining confidentiality of assessments, reasonable adjustments and special consideration
Rules about qualification design and development, including about qualification titling, qualification specifications, credit, and qualification size and level.
General rules, including about qualification fitness for purpose and accessibility, and about reviewing approach, enquiries and complaints, withdrawing qualifications and information for teachers.
Find out about Ofqual's rules for the qualifications and assessments we regulate.
Guidance for schools, colleges and other exam or assessment centres on qualifications arrangements for 2023.
Rules about governance of awarding organisations, including management of conflicts of interest, risks, incidents and malpractice
A series of 'postcards' outlining the work Ofqual is doing, with an emphasis on current reforms to qualifications in England.
Information about changes to assessments to support disabled students.
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.
Overview of the support being provided for each qualification for students taking GCSEs, AS and A levels in 2022.
Guidance on formats and timings for submitting data to Ofqual.
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