Catherine Large OBE

Catherine is Executive Director for Vocational and Technical Qualifications and joined Ofqual in 2016.

Her previous roles include:

* Director of Vocational Qualifications, Ofqual
* Joint CEO, Creative & Cultural Skills

What next for our framework for apprenticeship assessment

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An apprentice working

Our new Apprenticeship Assessment Regulatory Framework sets out the final conditions, requirements and guidance for reformed apprenticeship assessment. These reforms are designed to accommodate the Department for Work and Pensions’ new principles of flexibility in the way apprenticeships are assessed. This framework provides that flexibility while ensuring standards for assessment will be upheld.

Why we're consulting on recognition criteria for new qualifications

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Following the Curriculum and Assessment Review, the government is introducing 3 new types of qualification for post-16 learners. Ofqual has launched a consultation on the criteria that awarding organisations must meet to be recognised to deliver these new qualifications. This blog explains what we're proposing and why.

How Ofqual acts in the interests of apprentices

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Male and female construction workers

National Apprenticeship Week is the perfect time to talk about how Ofqual’s work benefits apprentices, and the employers they go on to work for. Specifically, I want to look at apprenticeship end-point assessments (EPAs).   Apprenticeship end-point assessments   EPAs are tests …