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A speech by Catherine Large, Executive Director of Vocational and Technical Qualifications at Ofqual, to the Education and Training Federation spring conference.
Grading has continued as normal in summer 2024, following the return to pre-pandemic standards last year. Overall GCSE results are similar to summer 2023.
Covering Technical Awards and Technical Certificates approved for reporting in Department for Education (DfE) performance tables.
As the 2024 exam season starts, Ofqual is reminding everyone involved in exams and assessments of the risks of malpractice.
Ofqual routinely analyses how attainment gaps for students with different protected characteristics and socio-economic status vary over time. Here, Dr Ian Stockford, interim Executive Director for Standards, Research and Ana…
GCSE results return to pre-pandemic levels with protection in place to recognise the disruption students have faced.
Study of year 11 English and maths performance in 2021 compared with 2020, and perceptions from 2021.
Letters to heads and students about arrangements for GCSEs, AS and A levels and vocational qualifications in 2023.
Analysis of results for different groups of students: GCSEs, A level and some vocational and technical qualifications.
Getting back to normal, with protection for students.
GCSE results higher than in 2019 and lower than in 2021 in line with plans set out by Ofqual last year, ensuring fairness for students.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
First summer exams since 2019 – this year’s grades explained.
Strong support in consultation for guidance published today to benefit students with SEND.
Letter from Ofqual to exam boards, informing them of the requirement to publish advance information for exams.
A letter sent to the heads of secondary schools and FE colleges from Chief Regulator Jo Saxton.
A statement on the National Reference Test (NRT) results we published today.
Letters to centres, students and private candidates about arrangements for GCSEs, AS and A levels and vocational qualifications in 2022.
Ofqual’s approach to grading for GCSE, AS and A levels to be fair to students: a transition year in 2022.
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