Understand our rules
Guidance
Ofqual is England’s statutory regulator for:
qualifications
early years foundation stage profile and national curriculum assessments (which together we refer to as ‘national assessments’).
We have set a range of rules for regulated qualifications, as well as guidance which supports those rules. We have also set out separate rules for national assessments.
This page will help you understand which of our rules and guidance apply to you, and to the qualifications and assessments you offer.
The Ofqual Handbook – rules and guidance for qualifications
For the qualifications we regulate, we have set a range of both general and qualification-specific rules and guidance, which collectively we refer to as the Ofqual Handbook.
General rules and guidance
These apply to all the qualifications and organisations we regulate. All regulated awarding organisations have to follow them.
We’ve also published information that explains how our General Conditions of Recognition differ from the equivalent rules in Northern Ireland and Wales.
Additional rules and guidance for specific qualifications
These apply to specific kinds of qualifications. Only the awarding organisations that offer (or want to offer) these qualifications have to follow them.
Ofqual Explains
Ofqual Explains is a series of videos about our regulatory framework which we launched in December 2018.
The videos, hosted on our Youtube channel, are designed to aid understanding and awareness of our rules and guidance, but do not form part of our statutory regulatory framework.
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