Qualifications

To keep up to date about information regarding qualifications please access the website of the office of qualifications and examinations regulation (Ofqual):

ofqual.gov.uk (link is external)

Qualification framework

Ofqual regulates qualifications that use the rules of the qualifications and credit framework (QCF).

Information on the QCF, as well as the national qualifications framework (NQF) and the European qualifications framework (EQF) are published on the Ofqual website:

QCF, NQF and EQF framework (link is external) (Ofqual website)

Exam boards

Ofqual recognises four exam boards to deliver new GCSEs, listed below with links to their websites:

AQA (link is external)
Pearson (link is external)
WJEC (link is external)
OCR (link is external)

Useful links

Comparing qualifications (link is external) (Ofqual website)
Comparing qualification levels (link is external) (Ofqual website)