Ofqual has today announced measures to ensure students taking vocational qualifications get their results on time in 2024 and beyond, following the success of this year.
The measures are part of Ofqual’s ongoing commitment to ensuring that students taking vocational and technical qualifications (VTQs), in subjects such as engineering, health & social care and digital media, have parity of treatment with those taking A levels or GCSEs.
Following the implementation of the VTQ Results Action Plan for 2023, students taking Level 3 VTQs successfully received their results when they expected them in August, after around 20,000 did not the previous year. More than 378,000 results were issued on time to students in summer 2023, across over 575 qualifications. This meant that students were able to progress, confirming their university places at the same time as their peers taking A levels.
Today’s measures will embed and strengthen this year’s arrangements in response to feedback from schools and colleges, awarding organisations, exams officers and education leaders.
