Correspondence

DfE letter to Ofqual: qualifications at level 2 and below

The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills writes to Ofqual about its approach to qualifications at level 2 and below.

From:
Department for Education and Andrea Jenkyns
Published
20 October 2022
This was published under the 2022 Truss Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

Letter from Andrea Jenkyns to Dr Jo Saxton at Ofqual

PDF, 180 KB, 7 pages

Details

Andrea Jenkyns, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills outlines the Department for Education’s (DfE) priorities for improving qualifications at level 2 and below, and asks Ofqual to:

  • consider how its regulatory powers can be used to improve funded qualifications at level 2 and below for young people and adults studying post-16
  • work with DfE and the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education (IfATE) to support meaningful improvement in the quality of these qualifications

The letter is made up of 2 parts:

  • part 1 gives overall steers on qualifications at level 2
  • part 2 gives more detailed steers on individual qualification groups

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Published 20 October 2022

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