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Rules and regulations for ESOL qualifications.
Additional rules and guidance for Technical Qualifications
Rules and regulations for GCSEs (9 to 1) in English language.
Ofqual has ordered the University of West London (UWL) to pay a penalty of £150,000 and £10,000 in costs for breaches of its General Conditions of Recognition.
Accrediting qualifications: how and when we do it
Ofqual processes data when you apply to become a subject specialist. This is how we process your data.
Regulatory conditions, requirements and guidance for awarding organisations offering Alternative Academic and Technical Occupation Qualifications at Level 3.
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.
How Ofqual's conditions differ from those enforced in Wales and Northern Ireland.
Guidance on complying with the rules and regulations for reformed AS and A levels
Information on how Ofqual is regulating the technical qualification component of T Levels.
Guidance for assigning regulated qualifications to a Sector Subject Area (SSA) when they are placed on Ofqual's Register of Regulated Qualifications.
This advice note provides support to awarding organisations to further understand Ofqual’s Principles Condition, including case studies and advice on good practice.
Additional rules and guidance for qualifications used in school performance tables
Explaining how GCSE and A level grade boundaries work: why they change yearly, how standards are maintained, and how final grades are determined fairly.
How you can raise concerns about your employer’s role in delivering a qualification regulated by Ofqual.
Regulations to make sure national assessment standards are properly set and maintained and the results are used appropriately.
How qualifications in England and Northern Ireland relate to those of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF).
A summary of the changes to GCSEs from 2015.
Rules and regulations for GCSEs (9 to 1) in drama.
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