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  • Regulatory actions and interventions by Ofqual

    20 April 2018

    Added two new decisions documents: OCR notice of monetary penalty April 2018 and OCR notice of costs recovery April 2018.

  • Funding boost for cross Commonwealth scholarship fund

    20 April 2018

    Adding in a stakeholder quote

  • New measure for fairer recording of primary school performance

    11 April 2018
  • Ilford pupil celebrated in international short story competition

    26 March 2018
  • Performance tables: technical and vocational qualifications

    20 March 2018

    Added 2020 performance tables: technical and vocational qualifications.

  • Notes for readers in the English grammar, punctuation and spelling tests

    19 March 2018

    Updated for the 2018 test cycle.

  • Functional skills subject content: mathematics

    1 March 2018

    Added missing learning outcomes for level 1: using numbers and the number system.

  • Functional skills subject content: English

    27 February 2018
  • English and maths functional skills content: equality analysis

    27 February 2018
  • Multiplication tables check trials to begin in schools

    14 February 2018
  • Department for Education launches Commonwealth education pack

    2 February 2018

    Added Commonwealth education pack.

  • Statistics: GCSEs (key stage 4)

    25 January 2018

    Added 'Secondary school performance tables in England: 2017 (revised)', 'Multi-academy trust performance measures: 2016 to 2017' and 'Revised GCSE and equivalent results in England: 2016 to 2017'.

  • Changes to teaching of sex and relationship education, and PSHE

    19 December 2017
  • Statistics: key stage 2

    14 December 2017

    Added Primary school performance tables: 2017.

  • Statistics: destinations of key stage 4 and key stage 5 pupils

    12 October 2017

    Added 'Destinations of KS4 and KS5 pupils: 2016' to the collection.

  • Statistics: key stage 1

    28 September 2017

    Added 'Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2017'.

  • Timeline of changes to GCSEs, AS and A levels

    5 September 2017

    Updated for the new academic year.

  • New AS and A levels: requirements and guidance

    25 July 2017

    Updated to include requirements for modern foreign languages (listening, reading, writing)

  • Implementing the English Baccalaureate

    19 July 2017

    Added the government response.

  • Apply to have your qualifications regulated

    8 March 2017

    Updated links to the new application forms.

  • GCE AS and A level subject content

    3 March 2017

    Added content for languages with smaller cohorts.

  • AS and A level subject content for modern foreign languages with smaller cohorts

    3 March 2017

    Added government response.

  • Key stage 2: English grammar, punctuation and spelling test framework

    24 March 2016

    Update to reflect the messages in 'Clarification: key stage 1 and 2 teacher assessment and moderation guidance', published 8 March 2016.

  • Further GCSE and A level content for teaching from September 2017

    1 March 2016

    Updated the government response to include statistics AS and A level content.

  • GCSE and A level reform: geology and politics, PE short course

    1 March 2016

    Added government consultation response.

  • GCSE subject content

    1 March 2016

    Added content for sociology and physical education short course.

  • Completing GCSE, AS and A level Reform

    15 December 2015

    Updated to reflect further decisions on subjects that will be reformed for first teaching in 2017

  • OCR: Undertaking: March 2014

    29 October 2015

    Case closed 7 August 2015.

  • OCR: Special conditions: May 2014

    24 August 2015

    Condition A5.7 was revoked on 21 August 2015.

  • Key stage 2: mathematics test framework

    9 July 2015

    Amendment to page 10 of the framework – the sub-strand for G5 now includes reference to ‘circles’, not 'co-ordinates'.

  • National curriculum assessments: test frameworks

    29 June 2015

    Final test framework documents added to the collection

  • Key stage 2: science sampling test framework

    29 June 2015

    Updated framework document added.

  • Key stage 2: English reading test framework

    29 June 2015

    Updated framework document added.

  • Key stage 1: mathematics test framework

    29 June 2015

    Updated framework document added.

  • Performance descriptors: key stages 1 and 2

    26 February 2015

    Published government response.

  • Citizenship programmes of study for key stages 1 and 2

    16 February 2015
  • GCSEs, AS and A levels: reform of subjects for September 2016

    26 January 2015

    Added second announcement confirming the assessment arrangements for the remaining subjects on which we consulted.

  • The national curriculum

    2 December 2014
  • Setting standards for new GCSEs in 2017

    27 November 2014

    Linked to the related documents.

  • A level reform: Progress and next steps

    26 November 2014
  • Consultations on the reform of GCSEs, AS and A levels

    24 November 2014
  • Higher expectations on the quality of vocational qualifications

    14 October 2014
  • Ofqual's corporate plan for 2014 to 2017

    19 August 2014
  • National curriculum

    16 July 2014

    Updated information about key stage 4 programmes of study for English and mathematics.

  • Pearson: Special conditions: May 2014

    14 May 2014
  • WJEC-CBAC: Special conditions: May 2014

    13 May 2014
  • AQA: Special conditions: May 2014

    6 May 2014
  • Phonics screening check: 2013 technical report

    1 May 2014
  • GCSE, A level and AS qualification updates from Ofqual

    9 April 2014
  • Subjects to reform for 2016: letters from Michael Gove and Ofqual

    9 April 2014
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