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| Clause 125, page 72, line 2, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(7) | The timeliness objective is to ensure that Ofqual carries out its functions in a |
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| | timely manner that facilitates the delivery of qualifications on time.’. |
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| Clause 125, page 72, line 2, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | The educational standards and performance objective is to monitor educational |
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| | standards and performance as a whole in England, to report on how standards and |
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| | performance are changing over time, and to make comparisons between |
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| | educational standards and performance in England and in other OECD countries. |
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| | (8) | In order to deliver the educational standards objective, Ofqual shall carry out |
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| | sample testing on an annual basis in selected subjects, and shall report annually |
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| | on changes in educational standards and performance in England and between |
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| | England and other OECD countries.’. |
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| Clause 125, page 72, line 2, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | Ofqual shall conduct annually a poll of a satistically significant sample of |
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| | secondary school students to determine the proportion of students who believe |
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| | that students work harder than ever to gain specified qualifications.’. |
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| Clause 125, page 72, line 2, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(7) | Ofqual shall conduct annually a poll of a satistically significant sample of |
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| | secondary school teachers to determine the proportion of teachers who believe |
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| | that students work harder than ever to gain specified qualifications.’. |
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| Clause 125, page 72, line 2, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | For the purpose of assessing the effectiveness of Ofqual in carrying out its duties |
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| | in subsection (1)(a), (b) and (c), Ofqual shall establish specific and measurable |
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| | success criteria for these objectives.’. |
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| Clause 125, page 72, line 2, at end insert ‘, subject to ensuring the financial |
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| | ‘(7) | In delivering its efficiency duty, Ofqual shall publish annually the criteria that |
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| | will be used to make judgements about the efficiency of regulated |
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| | ‘(7) | For the purposes of subsection (6) a sum is relevant if it is payable in respect of |
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| | the award or authentication of the qualification in question.’. |
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| | See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 431. This technical drafting amendment is |
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| | consequent on that amendment. |
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| | ‘(c) | which, subject to the Secretary of State’s exercise of the powers |
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| | conferred on him by subsections (4)(c) and (6), demonstrates |
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| | independence of judgement in securing and promoting its objectives.’. |
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| Clause 126, page 72, line 10, leave out paragraph (a). |
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| Clause 126, page 72, line 11, at end insert ‘and maximizes choice for pupils and |
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| | ‘( ) | the reasonable additional requirements of persons in whose home a |
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| Clause 126, page 72, line 26, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(i) | the timing of the exam cycle, and the need to allow awarding |
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| | bodies sufficient time to develop qualifications.’. |
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| | ‘(i) | information provided by recognised awarding bodies.’. |
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| Clause 126, page 72, line 27, leave out subsection (3). |
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| same as that given for that amendment. |
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| insert ‘different forms of such qualifications’. |
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| See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 429. The purpose of this amendment is the |
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| Clause 126, page 72, line 32, leave out from ‘type’ to end of line 34. |
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| | ‘(d) | persons whom, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, represent the |
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| | interests of employers or institutions within the higher education sector.’. |
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| Clause 126, page 72, line 46, at end insert ‘and establish specific and measurable |
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| success criteria for each of its objectives.’. |
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| Clause 126, page 72, line 46, at end insert ‘and in a timely manner.’. |
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| This technical amendment ensures that the relevant definition is complete in so far as it relates to |
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| qualifications which persons may reasonably be expected to seek to obtain. See also amendments |
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| 457 and 505 which achieve the same purpose in relation to similar definitions. |
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| | Clause 129, page 74, line 26, leave out ‘(but only if)’. |
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| This technical drafting amendment, when taken together with amendment 438, clarifies that |
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| Ofqual must recognise an awarding body when it meets the requirements set out in clause 129(1), |
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| but cannot recognise an awarding body in any other circumstances. |
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| | ‘( ) | Ofqual may not recognise an awarding body if the requirements set out in |
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| | paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) are not met by the body.’. |
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| | See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 437. |
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| | ‘( ) | has effect from such date as Ofqual may specify,’. |
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| | This amendment makes it clear that the date on which a recognition comes into force will be |
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| | specified by Ofqual (and may be different to the date on which it decides to recognise the awarding |
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| | Clause 129, page 74, line 39, leave out subsection (4) and insert— |
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| | ‘(4) | An accreditation condition in respect of a qualification subject to the accreditation |
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| | requirement is a condition requiring that the recognised body may award or |
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| | authenticate a particular form of the qualification only if, at the time of the award |
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| | or authentication, that form of the qualification is accredited under section 136.’. |
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| | This amendment ensures that, where a qualification is subject to the accreditation requirement, a |
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| | recognised body must obtain accreditation for each particular form of the qualification that it |
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| | wants to award before it can award that form of the qualification within the terms of its |
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| Clause 129, page 75, line 3, at end insert ‘and must establish, at the request of the |
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| | Clause 129, page 75, line 5, leave out ‘published’ and insert ‘in force’. |
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| This amendment makes it clear that the date on which general conditions come into force, and so |
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| | Clause 130, page 75, line 19, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(c) | recognition in respect of credits in respect of different components of |
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| | qualifications or different descriptions of components of qualifications.’. |
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| | This amendment ensures Ofqual’s powers to set criteria for recognition enable it to set different |
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| | criteria for recognition in respect of credits for different components of a qualification or different |
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| | descriptions of component. Amendment 443 makes the same change in relation to Ofqual’s powers |
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| | to set general conditions. |
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| Clause 130, page 75, line 20, leave out ‘from time to time’. |
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| See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 290. |
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| Clause 130, page 75, line 23, after ‘consult’, insert ‘recognised awarding bodies |
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| | ‘(c) | recognition in respect of credits in respect of different components of |
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| | qualifications or different descriptions of components of qualifications.’. |
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| | See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 442. |
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| Clause 131, page 75, line 31, leave out ‘from time to time’. |
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| See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 290. |
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| | Clause 133, page 76, line 31, leave out ‘a person’ and insert ‘— |
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| | This amendment and amendment 445 clarify that review arrangements made under clause 133 |
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| | may provide for decisions on a review to be made either by an individual who is not a member of |
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| | Ofqual or its staff or by a body none of whose members is such a person. |
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| | Clause 133, page 76, line 32, at end insert ‘, or |
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| | (ii) | a body none of whose members is a member of Ofqual or |
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| | See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 444. |
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| Clause 133, page 76, line 39, leave out ‘from time to time’. |
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| See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 290. |
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| | Clause 134, page 77, line 6, leave out from ‘require’ to end of line 8 and insert ‘an |
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