Further Education: Assessments

(asked on 9th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that practical exams or assignments to assess the skills and safety of students that were due to take place in further education settings are able to take place.


Answered by
Gillian Keegan Portrait
Gillian Keegan
Secretary of State for Education
This question was answered on 15th June 2020

It is imperative that as many students as possible receive their results this summer so they can progress to the next stage in education or employment. The department has been working closely with Ofqual to agree how this can be done. Some results will be calculated and some assessments will be adapted. Where a qualification is used to signal occupational competence, the assessments may need to be delayed, in which case they should be completed as soon as possible.

Ofqual has published its framework for the awarding of results for vocational and technical qualifications: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/exceptional-arrangements-for-assessment-and-grading-in-2020. This framework sets out what awarding organisations must do to provide results for students who were due to take assessments this summer.

Ofqual and awarding organisations are working with schools, colleges and other providers to implement these measures. Ofqual has also published an online interactive tool - https://analytics.ofqual.gov.uk/apps/AllQualifications/summer2020tool/ - which contains information on how results will be generated for individual qualifications.

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