Part of a suite of documents setting out our regulatory requirements for awarding organisations offering vocational and technical qualifications affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Documents

Vocational and technical qualifications contingency regulatory framework, COVID-19 Conditions and Requirements

Ref: Ofqual/21/6779/2HTML

Vocational and technical qualifications contingency regulatory framework, COVID-19 Conditions and Requirements

Ref: Ofqual/21/6779/2PDF, 401KB, 33 pages

Vocational and technical qualifications contingency regulatory framework, COVID-19 Guidance

Ref: Ofqual/21/6779/3HTML

Vocational and technical qualifications contingency regulatory framework, COVID-19 Guidance

Ref: Ofqual/21/6779/3PDF, 367KB, 32 pages

Details

This document sets out the vocational and technical qualifications contingency regulatory framework (the VCR Conditions). These conditions come into effect at 13:00 on 24 March 2021 for all vocational and technical qualifications which fall within categories A and B as defined in Condition VCR1.8.

It also sets out our requirements in relation to the following:

  • the adaptation of Category A qualifications and Category B qualifications
  • the determination of results for Category B qualifications
  • the principles to be applied by awarding organisations when adapting Category A qualifications and Category B qualifications and when determining results for Category B qualifications

Published 24 March 2021
Last updated 4 May 2021 + show all updates

  1. Vocational and technical qualifications contingency regulatory framework, COVID-19 guidance, and conditions & requirements documents updated to reflect amended VCR8 text.

  2. New version uploaded due to a technical issue in the previous document.

  3. First published.