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Guidance: Understand our rules

Ofqual

July 9
15:38 2024

Introduction

Ofqual is Englands statutory regulator for:

  • qualifications
  • early years foundation stage profile and national curriculum assessments (which together we refer to as national assessments).

We have set a range of rules for regulated qualifications, as well as guidance which supports those rules. We have also set out separate rules for national assessments.

This page will help you understand which of our rules and guidance apply to you, and to the qualifications and assessments you offer.

The Ofqual Handbook - rules and guidance for qualifications

For the qualifications we regulate, we have set a range of both general and qualification-specific rules and guidance, which collectively we refer to as the Ofqual Handbook.

General rules and guidance

These apply to all the qualifications and organisations we regulate. All regulated awarding organisations have to follow them.

Weve also published information that explains how our General Conditions of Recognition differ from the equivalent rules in Northern Ireland and Wales.

Additional rules and guidance for specific qualifications

These apply to specific kinds of qualifications. Only the awarding organisations that offer (or want to offer) these qualifications have to follow them.

Ofqual Explains

Ofqual Explains is a series of videos about our regulatory framework which we launched in December 2018.

The videos, hosted on our Youtube channel, are designed to aid understanding and awareness of our rules and guidance, but do not form part of our statutory regulatory framework.

Rules and guidance for national assessments

Published 19 November 2014
Last updated 9 July 2024 +show all updates
  1. Removed links to special rules for general qualifications during 2002, which were only valid for that year.

  2. Updated to include newly-published Qualification Level Conditions for Progression Qualifications.

  3. Added link to Conditions and requirements - Level 2 Technical Occupation Qualifications Qualification Level Conditions

  4. Removed links to some of the special rules for general qualifications during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as rules for legacy GCSEs, AS and A levels, as they are no longer in force.

  5. Added link to confirmed Alternative Academic and Alternative Technical Qualifications Qualification Level Conditions, Requirements and Guidance, following consultation.

  6. Added links to the GCE and GCSE subject-level conditions and guidance documents for qualifications awarded in 2022.

  7. Added links to the General Qualifications Alternative Awarding Framework and VTQ Contingency Regulatory

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