This year has seen a return to all exams and formal assessments across vocational and technical qualifications (VTQs). Nearly 240,000 performance table qualification (PTQ) grades across almost 270 qualifications have been awarded this summer. These qualifications, such as BTEC Nationals and Cambridge Technicals, sit alongside other general qualifications such as A levels, and are approved for reporting in the Department for Education's performance tables.
Students, and all who have supported them, have demonstrated incredible resilience and commitment to learning during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Ofqual asked awarding organisations (AOs) to consider how they could adapt their assessments to mitigate the effects of the pandemic-related disruption.
