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Guide to the submission process
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.
Guide to the submission process.
Infographics summarising the key trends from GCSE and level 1/2 vocational and technical qualification results in summer 2025.
Pearson will pay a fine of £750,000 after failing to act sufficiently promptly when malpractice affected delivery of the online version of its secure English language test.
Guidance on when awarding organisations should use the logos of CCEA Regulation, Ofqual and Qualifications Wales on certificates for regulated qualifications
Infographics summarising the key trends from A level and Level 3 vocational and technical qualification results in summer 2025.
Report on Ofqual’s work to understand the trends in access arrangements for GCSE, AS and A level, and its expectations for exam boards as a result
Pearson has agreed to pay a fine of £750,000 over failure to identify and reduce the risk of inconsistency in grading standards over GCSE English.
An undertaking given by Pearson on measures to secure the safe and effective delivery of its qualifications and details of a financial penalty and costs recovery.
Rules and regulations for new Functional Skills qualifications in mathematics
Rules and regulations for GCSEs (9 to 1) in English language.
Regulations to make sure national assessment standards are properly set and maintained and the results are used appropriately.
Rules for awarding organisations to use when deciding whether young people could take a qualification for education or training purposes.
A poster for exam officers containing a checklist to help run a successful exam series
Guidance for assigning regulated qualifications to a Sector Subject Area (SSA) when they are placed on Ofqual's Register of Regulated Qualifications.
Ofqual intends to accept settlement proposals from WJEC over cases in which students were awarded the wrong grades and assessors reviewed papers they had marked.
The types (or descriptions) of regulated qualifications that you can apply to develop, deliver and award.
Responsibilities and work of qualifications regulators' forum on assessment accessibility.
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