Addendum to the Regulatory Framework for National Assessments
Tuesday, 04 October 2011 10:15
We have published an addendum to the Regulatory Framework for National Assessments to reflect changes to the term 'responsible body'.
When we published the Regulatory Framework for National Assessments in February 2011, the Government had already signalled its intention to close the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA). It intended to establish an executive agency of the Department for Education (DfE) which would take on responsibility for the development and delivery of all statutory assessments from early years to the end of Key Stage 3. We acknowledged this situation in the footnote on page 5.
As announced to Parliament on the 15th September 2011, the DfE’s new Standards and Testing Agency (STA) will be operational from the 3rd October 2011. It will be responsible for elements of QCDA’s work which related to statutory assessment. QCDA, subject to the will of Parliament, will cease its final remaining functions in March 2012.
We will, in due course, review the Regulatory Framework for National Assessments and, following consultation, make changes to reflect this new situation. For the immediate future we are working on the assumption that, where QCDA is named as the 'responsible body' in the current framework, this will now apply to the STA as an executive agency of the Department for Education.
Download the updated Regulatory Framework for National Assessments with addendum.
