When we impose a special condition on an individual awarding organisation, that condition will be designed to address a particular issue relating to the awarding organisation‟s performance, behaviour or activities which we consider, on the evidence available to us, requires an additional condition.

The range of circumstances in which it would be appropriate to impose an additional condition is wide and might include, but is not limited to, the following:

• a need by the awarding organisation to address a significant failing in its IT systems that puts at risk its ability to award qualifications that meet the requisite requirements. The condition might impose a duty on the awarding organisation to report to us at specified intervals on action it is taking to address the defect or to utilise external resources to address the defect
• a concern that the awarding organisation is entering into arrangements with centres (such as schools and colleges) without adequate checks, controls or safeguards such that there is a risk to learners, to standards or to public confidence. The condition might impose a duty on the awarding organisation to demonstrate to us before it enters into any new arrangement with a centre that it has undertaken appropriate checks and put in place appropriate controls and safeguards.