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Full steam ahead as T-level qualification content launched

Jennifer Coupland reflects on the launch of the first technical qualifications (TQs) for T-levels and how they will be taught from September The impact of Covid-19 on training providers and schools is a major consideration in all our work. But though it’s right to focus on the crisis now, we also have an eye to […]

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Ofqual’s announcement today is ‘sensible, positive and fair’

The government’s decision to allow providers, rather awarding organisation assessments, to determine which of their learners have passed functional skills and other vocational is an enormous relief, says Mark Dawe. What great news before Easter from Ofqual – our first Easter Bunny spreading cheer.  Calculating results based in part on teacher, trainer or tutor judgements […]

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Ofqual to announce teachers will ‘calculate’ BTEC and other qual results but delay detail

Teachers will calculate student grades for the majority of cancelled BTEC and other vocational qualification exams, but a full list of those in scope will not be ready until after Easter. In a briefing to the FE sector this morning, Ofqual said that vocational and technical qualifications (VTQs), such as BTEC Nationals, Cambridge Technicals, UAL […]

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Teachers to estimate functional skills results this summer

Results for this summer’s cancelled functional skills exams will be based on teacher calculated grades, Ofqual is set to announce. They will follow the same format being adopted for grading GCSE and A-level students who can’t sit their tests due to the coronavirus crisis. Ofqual revealed the move in a briefing to the FE sector […]

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Coronavirus: Schools and colleges will rank GCSE and A-level pupils within grades

Schools and colleges will rank their GCSE and A-level pupils within each grade under a new system of assessment drawn up for this summer. Following the announcement that all exams this academic year have been cancelled due to the coronavirus, Ofqual has released details of the standardised assessment process that will take their place. Guidance […]

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Coronavirus: An explainer on how GCSE and A-level grades will be awarded this summer

Ofqual has revealed how students will be assessed for GCSE and A-level qualifications this summer, following the cancellation of exams. The exams regulator has published guidance for schools and colleges, along with separate guidance for teachers and a letter to learners. Here’s our explainer on how it will all work…    1. Schools and colleges […]

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Chief regulator offers ‘reassurance’ over this summer’s GCSE and A-level grades

Ofqual’s chief regulator Sally Collier has “reassured” GCSE and A-level students that the grades they get this summer will look “exactly the same as in previous years”. She has also promised made clear they will have “equal status” with universities, colleges and employers. Here is her message in full:   I understand how unsettling the […]

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Students to sit English and maths exams at home during Covid-19 lockdown

Thousands of students will be able to sit their functional skills exams from home from next week, the first ever time under “game changing” plans unveiled by City & Guilds. The awarding giant will move from assessments at centres to remote invigilation by using online meeting software such as GoToMeeting, Zoom and Microsoft Teams during […]

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Ofqual seeks apprenticeship director to lead new ‘field team’

Ofqual is hiring a director to lead a new apprenticeships team that will be “operating in the field” as it steps up its regulatory work in the end-point assessment market. This “critical new function” will include a team of nine who work remotely to find out if assessments are being delivered “appropriately and consistently”. Led […]

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