2.1 The regulators in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (Ofqual, DCELLS and the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA)) have produced guidance to awarding organisations to promote the production of accessible assessment materials across all kinds of qualifications.

2.2 Fair Access by Design ¹² provides guidance on how both vocational and general qualifications can be designed to give all learners the fairest possible opportunities to show what they know, understand and can do. It includes examples of how this can be achieved in the design of:

• qualifications
• specifications
• assessments (written and practical).

2.3 The recommendations in Fair Access by Design are intended to support and complement the best practice of awarding organisations in the design of qualifications.

12. www.ofqual.gov.uk/files/fair_access_by_design.pdf