Government news, all in one place
Government news, all in one place
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Wednesday, 29 June 2016
The results of Ofqual's annual survey on perceptions of A levels, GCSEs and other qualifications. Conducted 19 January to 27 February 2016....
Thursday, 26 May 2016
Ofqual today wrote to schools and colleges about GCSE, international GCSE, AS and A level exams this summer. ...
Thursday, 26 May 2016
Ofqual has today (26 May) announced how it will make the systems schools and colleges use to challenge GCSE, AS and A level results in England clearer...
Friday, 20 May 2016
Teachers, parents and students reminded to report suspicions of cheating...
Monday, 16 May 2016
Ofqual is today (16 May 2016) announcing the appointment of Julie Swan as Executive Director for General Qualifications....
Thursday, 05 May 2016
Move to single regulator means CCEA take over responsibility for regulating vocational qualifications in Northern Ireland...
Wednesday, 27 April 2016
Ofqual has reminded awarding organisations that they must justify the sizes allocated to many of their qualifications by the end of June....
Wednesday, 27 April 2016
Ofqual has published its report to Parliament for the period 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015....
Friday, 22 April 2016
Ofqual today launched a consultation about proposals for setting grade standards for new GCSEs....
Friday, 22 April 2016
Research into the pattern of variability in the outcomes of school and college GCSE results....
Monday, 18 April 2016
Ian Pursglove, Associate Director of Standards for Literacy and Numeracy Qualifications, presented at Capita's post-16 Conference today....
Thursday, 14 April 2016
Ofqual offers its response to a report published by HMC and the Girls’ Schools Association....
Thursday, 14 April 2016
Functional Skills presentation given in London today...
Tuesday, 12 April 2016
Ofqual have published decisions following the consultation on regulating use of calculators in new GCSEs, AS and A levels....
Friday, 01 April 2016
Document sets out organisation’s goals and objectives for the next three years. ...
Thursday, 24 March 2016
Students taking legacy AS and A levels will have the opportunity to resit them if they want to improve on their results....
Friday, 18 March 2016
Ofqual response to statement issued by HMC/NAHT following consultation about marking reviews, appeals, grade boundaries and Code of Practice...
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Two Ofqual staff presented on standards in apprenticeships today....
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Research aims to compare levels of difficulty of exam boards’ sample assessment materials...
Wednesday, 09 March 2016
Ofqual's Ian Pursglove examined 'The Future of Functional Skills' at the Skills Conference in Leicester on 8 March....
Wednesday, 09 March 2016
PowerPoint presentations from speakers at the Higher Education Admissions Seminar...
Tuesday, 08 March 2016
Phil Beach, Director of Strategic Relationships, General Qualifications, opens the HE Admissions Conference. ...
Tuesday, 08 March 2016
The Register of Regulated Qualifications and Awarding Organisations is available again after a brief outage....
Thursday, 03 March 2016
Assessment arrangements confirmed for GCSE sociology and PE (short course), plus AS and A level statistics, geology and politics...
Tuesday, 01 March 2016
Ofqual and Qualifications Wales have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support effective working arrangements between the two regulators....
Friday, 26 February 2016
Current Chair, Amanda Spielman, will act as Interim Chief Regulator....
Friday, 19 February 2016
Students - give Ofqual your views on marking reviews and appeals of GCSEs, AS and A levels for a chance to win an iPad....
Thursday, 18 February 2016
Balancing the demands of a qualification reform programme with the need to maintain the high standards of GCSE and A levels....
Friday, 12 February 2016
Ofqual launches debate on inter-subject comparability and the level of difficulty of different subjects....
Friday, 12 February 2016
PowerPoint presentations from speakers at the inter-subject comparability conference....
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