A list of HEQA’s activities: meetings with organisations, submissions to consultations, etc.
2021
28 July 2021
Meeting with the Joint Council for Qualifications about appeals and the Autumn 2021 exam series21 July 2021
Meeting with the Department for Education and Ofqual about assessment of home-educated candidates in 202218 June 2021
Access to University and Home Education conference15 June 2021
OCR Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging board meeting19 May 2021
Response to the Revised GCSE qualifications in modern foreign languages consultation
HEQA response (pdf)17 May 2021
Meeting with Ofqual and the Department for Education about private candidate assessment 202113 May 2021
Response to the Post-Qualification Admissions Reform Consultation
HEQA response (pdf)22 April 2021
Meeting with Pearson about support for private candidates8 April 2021
Response to the Consultation on arrangements for an autumn 2021 exam series
HEQA response (pdf)26 March 2021
Meeting with the Joint Council for Qualifications17 March 2021
Meeting with Pearson about the Autumn 2021 exam series15 March 2021
Meeting with the Department for Education about the Private candidate support grant and the JCQ Interim Guidance for Private Candidate Centres11 March 2021
Response to the Consultation on the general qualifications alternative awarding framework
HEQA response (pdf)8 March 2021
Meeting with CAIE about private candidate assessment in Summer 20213 March 2021
Meeting with Pearson about private candidate assessment in Summer and Autumn 202124 February 2021
Meeting with the Department for Education and Ofqual about assessment of home-educated candidates in 2021
Background: Home-educated children and assessment (pdf slides)23 February 2021
Meeting with Pearson about IGCSEs and private candidates in 202117 February 2021
Meeting with the Joint Council for Qualifications to discuss arrangements for private candidates in Summer 2021
Background: Awarding bodies and Home education (pdf)15 February 2021
Meeting with AQA about arrangements for private candidates in Summer 202112 February 2021
Meeting with the Department for Education about the Post-Qualification Admissions consultation10 February 2021
Meeting with the Department for Education about home education10 February 2021
Meeting with CAIE about arrangements for IGCSEs in 20215 February 2021
Meeting with Pearson about IGCSE cancellation3 February 2021
Meeting with OCR about the implications of exam series for small numbers of candidates29 January 2021
Response to the Consultation on how GCSE, AS and A level grades should be awarded in summer 2021
HEQA response (pdf)26 January 2021
Meeting with the Chief Regulator21 January 2021
Meeting with Ofqual, the Department for Education and organisations with interests in private candidates to discuss the consultation proposals.
Background: Assessment options and home education (pdf)18 January 2021
HEQA in the Cornish Times: Student calls for change as exams saga leaves future in doubt17 January 2021
HEQA in The Guardian: Private entrants to GCSEs and A-levels face second year of delays12 January 2021
Meeting with CAIE about arrangements for 202112 January 2021
Meeting with Ofqual and the Department for Education about arrangements for 2021
Background: Home-educated candidates in Summer 2021 (pdf)12 January 2021
Meeting with Pearson about arrangements for 2021
2020
11 December 2020
Meeting with UCAS about predicted grades and post-qualifications admissions13 November 2020
Meeting with Pearson about 2021 contingency planning, exam centre access, past paper access and subjects with non-exam assessment10 November 2020
Meeting with Ofqual and the Department for Education about contingency planning and grading for 20216 November 2020
Submission to the Education Committee’s Home Education Inquiry
HEQA submission (pdf)25 October 2020
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