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Ofqual confirms changes to GCSEs, AS and A levels next year, following consultation; and publishes new proposals for adjustments to VTQs.
Letter from the Secretary of State for Education to Sally Collier, Chief Regulator, Ofqual on policy objectives related to exams and assessments in 2020/21.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Our proposals for assessing general qualifications in 2021 and the direction ahead for vocational and technical qualifications.
Our consultation on draft statutory guidance on exam boards’ arrangements for appeals this summer and decisions on GCSE, AS and A level autumn exams.
Consultation decisions on who should receive a calculated grade for GCSEs, AS and A levels.
Further guidance issued for Heads of Centre on making assessment judgements about private candidates.
Consultation published on exceptional arrangements for awarding GCSEs, AS, A levels, Extended Project Qualification and Advanced Extension Award in maths.
Response from Sally Collier, Chief Regulator, Ofqual, to the Direction from the Secretary of State for Education, about awarding results for GCSEs, AS and A levels in 2020.
Ofqual sets out details for schools, colleges, students, parents & carers on how GCSEs and A levels will be awarded following the cancellation of this year's exams.
Information on our work for awarding GCSEs, AS and A levels this summer.
Our response to the Department for Education's statement on exam arrangements in 2020.
Our response to Gavin Williamson's statement on summer exams
Decisions follow an analysis of consultation responses into how qualifications listed on DfE Key Stage 4 performance tables should be regulated.
Letters to schools and colleges from Chief Regulator Sally Collier about making appropriate entries for tiered GCSEs in 2020.
Our reports relating to GCSEs & A levels taken in summer 2019, the delivery of vocational & technical qualifications, and a range of other related analyses.
A letter to notify exam boards that Ofqual has published the summer data exchange procedure.
School standards Minister Nick Gibb writes to the Education Select committee about standards in international GCSEs.
A decision to adjust grading standards in GCSE French and German.
Ofqual response to the Report of the Independent Commission on Examination Malpractice
Prime Minister and Education Secretary congratulate pupils on GCSE results as more than a fifth of all entries achieve grade 7 or above
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