Decision

AoFA Qualifications (AOFAQ) Special Conditions: 28 February 2019

Direction to AOFAQ replaced with Special Conditions from 28 February 2019.

• From: Ofqual
• Published: 5 March 2019
• Last updated: 31 October 2019 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Special Conditions - AoFAQ February 2019

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Details

Awarding organisation	Issue	Action taken	Case status
AoFA Qualifications	Likely failure to comply with Conditions H5.1, H6.1(d), I4.1(d), I4.2(b) and I4.2(c).	Special Conditions	Closed

On 5 December 2018, Ofqual gave a direction to AoFAQ following an investigation that raised concerns that AoFAQ had failed, and was likely to continue to fail to comply with its Conditions of Recognition. The direction was given in order to secure compliance with Conditions H5.1, H6.1(d), I4.1(d), I4.2(b) and I4.2(c) and required AoFAQ to immediately stop issuing results and certificates to Learners and to stop registering new Learners to qualifications regulated by Ofqual, until it had demonstrated that it had the capacity to ensure that results were accurate and certificates were valid.

On 28 February 2019, Ofqual replaced that direction with Special Conditions. This followed significant improvements in AoFAQ’s capacity to undertake the development, delivery and award of qualifications. The Special Conditions were imposed to provide assurances around AoFAQ’s capacity for sustained compliance going forward. The terms of the direction ceased to have effect on 28 February 2019.

The Special Conditions that were imposed on AOFAQ on 28 February 2019 were removed on 15 October 2019.

Published 5 March 2019
Last updated 31 October 2019 + show all updates

1. 31 October 2019

   Updated details of the action to reflect that the Special Conditions have now been closed.

2. 5 March 2019

   First published.