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Rules and guidance for all awarding organisations and all regulated qualifications
Support for students affected by illness, injury, or other events outside of their control.
Who and what Ofqual regulates, how to apply to be regulated and what happens when you want to stop being regulated.
Rules about governance of awarding organisations, including management of conflicts of interest, risks, incidents and malpractice
Rules about qualification design and development, including about qualification titling, qualification specifications, credit, and qualification size and level.
Rules about setting and delivering assessments, including about the language of assessments, maintaining confidentiality of assessments, reasonable adjustments and special consideration
General rules, including about qualification fitness for purpose and accessibility, and about reviewing approach, enquiries and complaints, withdrawing qualifications and information for teachers.
Rules about marking, Centre Assessments Standards Scrutiny (including Moderation), setting specified levels of attainment and results
Rules about the relationship between awarding organisations and Ofqual, including in relation to Responsible Officers, reporting of information and the use of Ofqual's logo
Find out about Ofqual's rules for the qualifications and assessments we regulate.
Information about changes to assessments to support disabled students.
Guidance for students, parents and schools to help students avoid making mistakes which could lose them marks or lead to disqualification from an exam.
Guidance on formats and timings for submitting data to Ofqual.
Subject matter specialists provide invaluable advice to Ofqual as we carry out our role in regulating qualifications. Find out how to apply to be one.
Grade descriptors for GCSEs graded 9 to 1. Designed to provide an indication of the likely level of performance at grades 2, 5 and 8.
A series of 'postcards' outlining the work Ofqual is doing, with an emphasis on current reforms to qualifications in England.
This joint contingency plan is in place to deal with any major disruption that may affect exam candidates.
Recent updates regarding regulated qualifications.
Rules about arrangements with third parties, including Centres and publishers
Overview of the support being provided for each qualification for students taking GCSEs, AS and A levels in 2022.
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