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OCR Policy Briefing

OCR Policy Briefing is temporarily on hold.  Please visit our policy news and views page for the latest policy developments.


Welcome to the latest, bumper edition of OCR Policy Briefing. This is our regular policy newsletter keeping you up to date with the latest education and skills policy news and developments. Highlights from this edition include:

  • New rules for Key Stage 4 Technical Awards on performance tables
  • Post-16 qualifications proposed for ‘de-funding’
  • New Awarding Organisation rules around centre assessment judgements
  • Strengths of internal assessment
  • Malpractice reports and consultations
  • UCAS end of cycle report analysis
  • New Ofsted inspection framework
  • Drivers of vocational qualifications choice for centres
  • Awarding Organisations and fees publication
  • Teaching GCSEs over three years research
  • The Last Word – a commentary on some of this edition’s key developments.
  • OCR Policy Briefing - March 2020 PDF, 466KB

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Visit the OCR website or follow us on twitter @ocr_policy for regular policy news and views.

Past issues

  • OCR Policy Briefing - October 2019 PDF, 418KB
  • OCR Policy Briefing - July 2019 PDF, 441KB
  • OCR Policy Briefing - May 2019 PDF, 393KB
  • OCR Policy Briefing - March 2019 PDF, 352KB
  • OCR Policy Briefing - December 2018 PDF, 467KB
  • OCR Policy Briefing - August/September 2018 PDF, 427KB
  • OCR Policy Briefing - July 2018 PDF, 376KB
  • OCR Policy Briefing - March 2018 PDF, 348KB
  • OCR Policy Briefing - December 2017 PDF, 444KB
  • OCR Policy Briefing - September 2017 PDF, 381KB
  • OCR Policy Briefing - July 2017 PDF, 426KB
  • OCR Policy Briefing - May 2017 PDF, 404KB
  • OCR Policy Briefing - March 2017 PDF, 394KB
  • OCR Policy Briefing - January 2017 PDF, 354KB

OCR policy forums

  • Higher Education Forum
    12 October 2022
  • OCR Strategic Advisory Board
    10 November 2022 
  • OCR Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Advisory Board
    14 November
  • OCR Teacher and Professional Associations' Forum
    22 November 2022
  • OCR Natural History GCSE Strategic Advisory Board
    24 November 2022
  • OCR Cambridge Nationals Strategic Advisory Board
    TBC

For more information email us at policy@ocr.org.uk

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