@Ofqual has statutory objectives to maintain standards and promote public confidence in exams and qualifications. We also have a duty to have regard to the interests of learners, which we interpret as fairness. We want to get back quickly to the pre-pandemic standard, but in the interests of fairness, and balancing these objectives, we won’t do so in one jump. Instead, 2022 will be a transition year to reflect that we are in a pandemic recovery period and students’ education has been disrupted. In 2022 we will aim, therefore, to reflect a midway point between 2021 and 2019. In 2023 we aim to return to results that are in line with those in pre-pandemic years.

New Chief Regulator at Ofqual  Ofqual’s new Chief Regulator, Dr Jo Saxton, has taken up her post at England’s independent qualifications regulator.

The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers is no longer an @Ofqual-recognised awarding organisation.

1,381 malpractice cases among more than one million awards, @Ofqual report shows.

2020 grade data-sharing agreement reached @Ofqual  The Office for National Statistics will deal with applications to access 2020 assessment data.