Ofqual: rolling update - Information on qualifications which have been disrupted by coronavirus (COVID-19).

1. Level 1/2 and Level 2 vocational and technical qualification results
2. BTEC and Cambridge Technicals results
3. Exam results 2022
4. Unhappy with your results
5. Ofqual helpdesk opening hours
6. Anxiety and mental health support
7. Subject content and assessment arrangements: 2022 to 2023
8. New guidance for exam boards on producing accessible assessments
9. Guide to exams and assessments in 2022
10. Extra support for summer 2022 GCSEs, AS and A levels
11. Vocational and technical qualifications 2022
12. Replacement certificates
13. Contact your exam board

Level 1/2 and Level 2 vocational and technical qualification results

Results for BTEC First, Technicals and Tech Award Qualifications, and Cambridge Nationals are issued throughout the year. More than 350,000 results have been awarded for Level 1/2 and Level 2 vocational qualifications since March 2022.

Some students are expecting results for Level 1/2 and Level 2 qualifications this week, to enable them to progress to further study, apprenticeships and work. These results are normally issued on, or before, 25 August.

Our priority is to make sure that students expecting results this week receive them promptly. We are monitoring closely all awarding organisations due to deliver results this week.

We are in close contact with school and college associations who are working with Awarding Organisations to support getting results out on time to the students who expect them.

Students should talk to their college or school if they have any queries about when they should expect their results.

For updates and help with BTEC qualification results, contact Pearson on 0345 618 0440 via @PearsonBTEC on social media, or visit Pearson’s website.

For updates and help with OCR qualification results, please contact support@ocr.org.uk or visit OCR’s website.

Ofqual’s helpdesk opening hours are below.

BTEC and Cambridge Technicals results

We have particular sympathy for students still awaiting results for BTEC and Cambridge Technicals that they were expecting to receive last week.

Our immediate priority is to make sure that Pearson and OCR get results to students promptly, so they can progress. We are monitoring the situation closely and have asked Pearson and OCR to give us regular updates so that we can be confident that they are swiftly issuing results.

Both are processing and issuing results daily. We have asked them to share their updated data publicly in the interest of transparency.

Colleges and schools should contact awarding organisations, and students should contact their college or school.

For updates and help with BTEC qualification results, contact Pearson on 0345 618 0440 or via @PearsonBTEC on social media, or visit Results Day 2022 FAQs.

For updates and help with Cambridge Technicals qualification results, visit the Cambridge Technicals update website or contact support@ocr.org.uk.

Vocational and technical qualifications (VTQs) come in different shapes and sizes. They are flexible by design, so students can sit individual modules when they are ready, and they can get their results at different times of the year when they have completed the required number of units. These flexibilities are valued by students, employers and schools and colleges. This does mean awards are more complex, and particularly so this year, due to the arrangements put in place to mitigate the effects of the pandemic. This does not, of course, excuse delays where students were expecting to receive results.

It is important that, as regulator, we review what has happened to make sure that students in future years receive results when they expect them, so they can progress in their education, apprenticeship or employment. We will continue to work across the sector, in addition to using our regulatory relationship with awarding organisations, to this end.

Exam results 2022

Once you’ve received your results you might be looking for some guidance about what to do next. The Exam Results Helpline from the National Careers Service can talk to you about resits, qualification and subject choices, apprenticeship and careers advice, and gap years.

Exam Results Helpline
Telephone 0800 100 900
National Careers Service website

The phone line is open from 16 to 30 August, from 8am to 10pm.

For any questions you have about university admissions or higher education courses, you should contact the university or college directly. You can also contact UCAS for more information.

UCAS
Telephone 0371 468 0 468

The phone line is open Monday to Friday, from 8:30am to 6pm.

Unhappy with your results

If you’re not happy with your results in some subjects, you have the options to appeal your results or retake your exams in those subjects. Your school or college will be able to tell you about the process for both of these.

Read the guide to appealing results for qualifications in England.