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<p>Final grades for BTECs are awarded differently to GCSEs and A levels – they are
modular assessments from a range of different sources and can be awarded year-round.
A claim needs to be sent to the awarding organisation for the final grade to be calculated.
If this claim is not finalised the final award cannot be made. The Office of Qualifications
and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) is responsible for ensuring that awarding organisations
deliver qualifications in line with their regulations, this includes the awarding
of grades. The department met daily with Ofqual and UCAS to ensure swift action was
taken to get any delayed grades to students promptly, particularly those who needed
their results for a higher education place. These meetings ended when we were fully
assured that these students had received their grades.</p><p>Ofqual has now initiated
a full review of what happened, to establish the contributing factors, and confirmed
they will take regulatory action, if appropriate.</p><p>The mid-course grades for
assessments taken this summer by Health and Science T Level students were sent to
the ‘Manage T Level Results’ service, administered by the department. Since then,
we have worked closely with Ofqual, the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical
Education, the awarding organisation concerned and with schools and colleges, to develop
mitigations that support students to receive grades that reflect their performance
and will allow them to progress to the next stage of their careers.</p><p> </p><p>
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