Regulation update – Monitoring and Compliance
2016 Statement of Compliance Evidence required for Conditions: • A6 Risk management • A7, B3 Event management and notification • A1.3 Activity in Wales • I3.1 Certificate design
2016 Statement of Compliance • • 117 ABs submitted SoCs 32 – ABs declared current or future non-compliance • 4 ABs did not submit – • surrendering 28 – action plans submitted • • 21 – action plans accepted as 3 ABs notified of surrender in SoC appropriate • 7 – actions plans deemed insufficient
2016 Statement of Compliance Next steps • • All SoCs reviewed in detail Contact all awarding bodies where additional evidence required • 76 considered satisfactory • Contact all satisfactory awarding • 41 included elements considered bodies – no further action unsatisfactory or requiring further • evidence from awarding body Monitor action plans • Publish report February 2017
Certificate logo I3.1.1 An awarding body must ensure that the design and production of each certificate it issues in relation to a regulated qualification or credit award which it makes available includes the Qualifications Wales logo clearly and distinctly expressed on the front of the certificate. Guidance available on our website http://qualificationswales.org/regulation/awarding-bodies-resources/regulatory-matters/logo/?lang=en
Certificate logo • Logo must be used on certificates for a ll regulated qualifications and credit certificates when awarded to learners assessed in Wales . • May be used on certificates for qualifications regulated by Qualifications Wales when awarded to learners outside Wales . • May be used on non-credit units – but no requirement to do so. • Must check other regulators' requirements. • QW, Ofqual and CCEA Additional Certificate Requirements state: An awarding body may include other relevant logos, including those of other regulators where appropriate.
Certificate logo Clarification Condition D9.1 • “Qualifications Wales regulates this qualification where it is awarded to learners assessed wholly or mainly in Wales.” • D9.1 Additional statement only relates to Approved qualifications when awarded outside Wales • Only applies to Approved qualifications – currently only GCSE, AS/A, ESW and Welsh Bacc • Agored Cymru, City & Guilds, Pearson and WJEC
Awarding body monitoring • Focus Compliance audits – start in 2017 • Risk • • Intelligence Schedule in place - SoC • - complaints / incidents Share plans with CCEA & Ofqual - activity - volume and type - outcomes of other monitoring
Awarding body monitoring Approach • Linked to Standard Conditions • Awarding body specific / thematic • Communicate to awarding body and arrange pre-audit meeting • Request evidence – desk-based review • Audit at awarding body premises • Verbal feedback and written report
Vocational qualifications monitoring • • Progression opportunities linked to Letter sent to all awarding bodies in the qualification e.g. entry to HE September 2016 http://qualificationswales.org/media/2065/qwcc1- • Whether the qualification is eligible 010_16e.pdf for public funding Criteria • Qualifications not targeted by the • Volume of certificates awarded by sectoral review each awarding body / each • Trends and patterns linked to qualification complaints, incidents or intelligence • Number of awarding bodies offering received about awarding bodies or each qualification qualifications • Nature (risk) of the qualification e.g. licence to practice
Qualifications selected for VQ monitoring First Aid (Jan – June 2017) Food Safety (Aug 2017 – Jan 2018) Level 2 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work Level 2 Award Food Safety in Catering Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work Level 2 Award Food Safety in Manufacturing Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid Level 3 Award in Supervising Food Safety in Catering Level 3 Award in Emergency Paediatric First Aid Level 3 Award Food Safety Supervision in Manufacturing Health & Safety (March – August 2018) Level 1 Award in Health and Safety in a Construction Environment Level 2 Award in Principles of Manual Handling Level 2 Award in Manual Handling Principles and Practices Level 1 Award in Principles of Health and Safety in the Workplace
Vocational qualifications monitoring Methodology • • Request evidence from awarding Include all awarding bodies offering bodies qualifications • • Desk-based review of evidence Interviews with awarding bodies and centre staff • Final report published • Learner surveys • Specific issues reported to each awarding body individually
Regulation update – Recognition and Approval
Scope of recognition • We will be writing to all 117 awarding bodies shortly to ask them to confirm the scope of their recognition. • We will ask each awarding body to confirm what each has: – 'excluded' – surrendered – withdrawn from their scope since September 2015.
Approvals In total 45 reformed GCSEs and A Levels have been Approved: – 2015 subjects: 6 GCSEs and 11 A Levels – 2016 subjects: 15 GCSEs and 9 A Levels – 2017 subjects: 4 GCSEs… so far
2017 Approvals AS & A Levels (due Dec 2016-Feb 2017): GCSEs (due Jan - Feb 2017): • • Mathematics Business • • Further Mathematics Design and Technology • • Government and Politics Media Studies • • Law Welsh Second Language • Design and Technology • Media Studies
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