Ofqual

Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation
Agency overview
Formed
  • 8 April 2008 (8 April 2008) (part of QCA)
  • 1 April 2010 (1 April 2010) (independent)
Preceding agency
TypeNon-ministerial government department
JurisdictionEngland
HeadquartersEarlsdon Park, Coventry
52°24′22.2″N 1°31′26.5″W / 52.406167°N 1.524028°W / 52.406167; -1.524028
Employees192 (2017/18)
Annual budget£17.5 million (2018/19)
Agency executives
Websitewww.gov.uk/ofqual Edit this at Wikidata

The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) is a non-ministerial government department that regulates qualifications, exams and tests in England.[1] Colloquially and publicly, Ofqual is often referred to as the exam "watchdog".[2]

  1. ^ Gov.uk, Gov.UK Government, Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation, Retrieved 6 February 2014
  2. ^ "Exam watchdog Ofqual to check 'extra help' data". BBC News. August 2014.