Collection

Letters from Ofqual to awarding organisations

This is a collection of letters sent to awarding organisations to keep them informed of Ofqual's proposed and existing requirements.

This collection of letters starts from October 2014 (R028/2014). Any letters to responsible officers at awarding organisations sent before this date can be found on the national archives.

Documents

Updates to this page

Published 11 February 2015
Last updated 13 December 2019 + show all updates
  1. Added link to a letter to awarding organisations on publishing details of their grade aggregation approaches.

  2. Added link to RO65b - information about international delivery of Ofqual regulated qualifications.

  3. Added link to RO64b, outlining decisions on requirements for the use of the Ofqual logo on regulated qualification certificates.

  4. Added link to RO66 - annual statement of compliance to Ofqual 2019

  5. Added link to RO65 - international qualifications and certificates.

  6. Added a new letter (RO64), outlining requirements for the use of the Ofqual logo on regulated qualification certificates.

  7. RO62: information on qualification type added

  8. Added letter published on 19 July 2018, RO61, on revised Conditions and guidance relating to the safeguarding of confidential assessment materials.

  9. Letter about qualifications type added

  10. Added RO59, "Centre controls and moderation of qualifications"

  11. Added RO58/2017: Making clear which qualifications Ofqual regulates.

  12. Added 'Event notifications for vocational and technical qualifications'.

  13. Added RO56/2017 - Completing implementation of the RQF

  14. Added letter on temporary changes to total qualification time (TQT) for apprenticeship end-point assessments (EPAs).

  15. Updated to include RO53 - annual statement to Ofqual 2017 and RO54 - regulation of end-point assessments.

  16. Updated to include RO52, letter to awarding organisations: qualification specifications.

  17. Added 3 letters to the document collection: RO49: Letter to awarding organisations: Changes in Northern Ireland RO50: Letter to awarding organisations: Updated General Conditions RO51: Letter to awarding organisations: Response to post-16 skills plan

  18. Letter to awarding organisations: Activity for the next 18 to 24 months added

  19. Added letter to awarding organisations: Annual statement to Ofqual - 2016

  20. Added RO46A/2016 and RO46B/2016 - confirming changes to the regulation of vocational qualifications in Northern Ireland.

  21. Added RO54: Changes to the regulation of vocational qualifications in Northern Ireland

  22. Added RO44: Letter to awarding organisations: complaints in HE qualifications.

  23. Added RO43/15 letter to awarding organisations: further information about total qualification time.

  24. Added a letter to awarding organisations: regulatory report spring audit 2015 (RO42/15)

  25. Added RO40 and RO41 on RITS permissions

  26. Added letter on total qualification time

  27. Added letters 37 and 38 about the regulated qualifications framework.

  28. Added RO36: Closing the unit bank

  29. Added RO35/2015: 'Letter to awarding organisations: calendar of known data requests 2015'

  30. Added 'Letter to awarding organisations: developing a RITS replacement'

  31. updated to add new letter to awarding organisations (RO33/2015)

  32. Added RO32 to the collection

  33. RO31/2015 added

  34. First published.