DfE letter to Ofqual: qualifications at level 2 and below

The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills writes to Ofqual about its approach to qualifications at level 2 and below.

Letter from Andrea Jenkyns to Dr Jo Saxton at Ofqual

Details

Andrea Jenkyns, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills outlines the Department for Education’s (DfE) priorities for improving qualifications at level 2 and below, and asks Ofqual to:

• consider how its regulatory powers can be used to improve funded qualifications at level 2 and below for young people and adults studying post-16
• work with DfE and the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education (IfATE) to support meaningful improvement in the quality of these qualifications

The letter is made up of 2 parts:

• part 1 gives overall steers on qualifications at level 2
• part 2 gives more detailed steers on individual qualification groups