Responding to recent criticisms of Diplomas, OCR's Chief Executive Greg Watson, said:

"We have heard Edexcel's criticism of the Diploma programme. We disagree."

"We have said from the very start that Diplomas are complex and their implementation is fast, but at this stage we believe it is down to us to work with teachers and government to make them work for the first learners and to use what we learn from that first wave to refine the qualification and its delivery."