Basic Search  |  Summaries  |  Advanced SearchPenalty: £58,558
Year: 2021
Date: 29 June, 2021
Offence Group: safety-related offences
Offence Type: childcare and educational services violation
Violation Description: On 29 June 2021, Ofqual formally issued City & Guilds with a notice requiring it to pay a fine of £50,000. This follows an investigation carried out by Ofqual which found that one of the five tasks used in the synoptic assignment for these qualifications was unfit for purpose because one of the tasks was written in a way that potentially made the requirements unclear and ambiguous to candidates causing some candidates to struggle to access higher mark bands. The level of demand was also found to have been higher in 2018 than it was in 2017. As a result of this incident, 300 Learners initially received results that did not reflect their level of attainment. Following a re-marking exercise, City & Guilds re-awarded the qualification and issued upward grade changes to the affected learners within a month. The qualifications were sat by a total of 2227 candidates from 27 Centres in England, and by 89 candidates from three Centres in Wales.. On 29 June 2021, Ofqual formally issued City & Guilds with a notice requiring it to pay costs of £8,558. City & Guilds has agreed to pay these costs which relate to the decision to impose a fine of £50,000 on City & Guilds on 29 June 2021.
Agency: Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual)
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Source Notes: Additional notice of costs: (click here)