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The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) regulates qualifications, examinations and assessments in England. Ofqual is a non-ministerial department.
Who and what Ofqual regulates, how to apply to be regulated and what happens when you want to stop being regulated.
Over the past few years, Ofqual has invested in a programme of research into what we now refer to as the ‘CASLO’ approach to qualification design.
Find out about Ofqual's rules for the qualifications and assessments we regulate.
A speech by Catherine Large, Executive Director of Vocational and Technical Qualifications at Ofqual, to the Education and Training Federation spring conference.
Qualifications required to gain a licence, job or immigration status are more likely to be targeted by fraudsters. Ofqual has measures to find, prevent and tackle qualification fraud.
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.
Guidance on formats and timings for submitting data to Ofqual.
Regulator launches strategy to maintain standards, quality and trust in qualifications in a ‘changing world’.
This collection explains what we are currently doing to deal with problems at the organisations we regulate, and selected recent actions.
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