Basic Search  |  Summaries  |  Advanced SearchPenalty: £369,083
Year: 2020
Date: 29 January, 2020
Offence Group: safety-related offences
Offence Type: childcare and educational services violation
Violation Description: On 15 October 2019, Ofqual issued AQA with a Notice of Intention to impose a Monetary Penalty relating to its arrangements for reviews of marking and moderation in 2016, 2017 and 2018. The Notice stated that the amount of the proposed Monetary Penalty was £350,000. The Notice also stated that Ofqual intended to accept a Settlement Proposal from AQA in terms that AQA: admits all of the breaches set out in the Notice of Intention; compensates affected Centres (in the form of credit notes) in the sum of £735,570; agrees to pay the Monetary Penalty of £350,000; agrees to pay Ofqual's reasonable costs in respect of this matter - on 29 January 2020, Ofqual formally issued AQA with a Notice of Costs Recovery requiring it to pay costs of £19,083.
Agency: Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual)
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