Correspondence
Ofqual’s response to the Department for Education’s consultation on the approach for the Advanced British Standard (ABS)
The ABS proposals are a curriculum reform – they set a new vision for what students should learn post-16, at what level and with what balance across subjects.
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The ABS proposals envisage a range of curriculum changes; given our role, Ofqual comments on these principally through the lens of assessment and qualifications.
In this response, we identify options for the Department for Education in designing and delivering this curriculum and qualifications reform. We also suggest ways of managing risks, which inevitably come with ambitious reform, and signal alternative options, where these exist, for lower risk delivery of the ABS aims.