About us

The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) regulates qualifications, examinations and assessments in England.

We maintain standards and confidence in qualifications in England:

  • GCSEs
  • A levels
  • AS levels
  • vocational and technical qualifications
  • Apprenticeship end-point assessments

We鈥檙e independent of government and report directly to Parliament.

Find out how we regulate the qualifications typically taken in an academic year in schools or colleges.

Who we are

Ofqual was set up in April 2010 under the and is also covered by the .

We鈥檙e a non-ministerial government department with jurisdiction in England. We have 348 permanent employees as of March 2025 and are based in central Coventry.

Responsibilities

We鈥檙e responsible for making sure that:

  • regulated qualifications reliably indicate the knowledge, skills and understanding students have demonstrated
  • assessments and exams show what a student has achieved
  • people have confidence in the qualifications that we regulate
  • students and teachers have information on the full range of qualifications that we regulate

Objectives

Our priorities for 2025 to 2028 are:

  • steward聽鈥� secure the safe, fair, and resilient delivery of qualifications and assessments聽聽
  • innovate聽鈥� oversee the improvement and reform of qualifications聽聽
  • strengthen聽鈥� strengthen the performance, capacity, and resilience of the qualifications market聽聽
  • engage聽鈥� build confidence in qualifications聽聽
  • develop聽鈥� develop the skills, processes and systems needed for effective and efficient regulation

Details of our goals and objectives for 2025 to 2028 can be found in Ofqual鈥檚 strategy.

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