Regulating for confidence in standards

What we are consulting on

We would like your feedback on how we should meet our objectives, fulfil our duties and use our powers. The themes of our consultation are set out in this document. Areas covered include our approach to recognising awarding organisations; how we will monitor awarding organisations and the regulated qualifications they offer; the steps we will take when we identify problems and how we will keep all aspects of statutory national curriculum and early years foundation stage (EYFS) assessment arrangements under review. Read more.

How to respond

This consultation closed to respondents at 23:59 on the 8th March 2010.

PDF A PDF version of this consultation is also available to download.

Contents

Foreword

Sub-sections: 2
  1. Foreword
  2. About Ofqual

Executive Summary

Sub-sections: 13
  1. Background
  2. Statutory objectives
  3. The scope of regulation
  4. The benefits of regulation
  5. Our approach to regulation
  6. Securing standards of regulated qualifications
  7. Regulating awarding organisations
  8. Monitoring and enforcement
  9. The efficiency of the qualifications markets
  10. Regulating National Curriculum and EYFS assessments
  11. How we propose to measure our performance and efficiency and effectiveness
  12. Developing and introducing the new approach to regulation
  13. Consultation

Overview

Sub-sections: 7
  1. Background to this consultation
  2. Ofqual's statutory objectives
  3. Ofqual's governance, accountability, working with others, funding & success criteria
  4. Understanding the terms we use
  5. The main differences between the current and the new arrangements
  6. When will the new arrangements be introduced?
  7. Our approach to regulation and meeting our general duties

Regulating Qualifications

Sub-sections: 13
  1. Securing the standards of regulated qualifications
  2. Regulating awarding organisations
  3. Recognising awarding organisations
  4. Conditions of recognition
  5. Qualifications subject to an accreditation requirement
  6. Piloting new qualifications
  7. The Qualifications and Credit and the National Qualifications Frameworks
  8. Monitoring awarding organisations and regulated qualifications
  9. Guidance for awarding organisations
  10. Enforcement and sanctions
  11. Entry and inspection condition
  12. Economic regulation
  13. Promoting awareness of the benefits of regulated qualifications

Regulation of statutory national curriculum and EYFS assessments

Sub-sections: 1
  1. Regulation of national curriculum and EYFS assessments

Responding to the consultation & summary of questions

Sub-sections: 1
  1. How to respond

Annexe A

Sub-sections: 1
  1. Summary of questions

Annexe B

Sub-sections: 1
  1. The five common assessment criteria