Draft Approval Criteria: Foundation Qualifications

We have published draft approval criteria for the new Foundation qualifications which will be available for first teaching in September 2027.  There are two draft approval criteria; one for general subjects and one for work-related subjects.  

Approval criteria set out the requirements that an awarding body must meet when designing their qualifications.  

We are inviting stakeholders to read the draft approval criteria for and share their feedback before we publish the final documents.  

These documents are still working drafts. Any textual inaccuracies or inconsistencies between documents will be corrected before publication of the final document. 

Your feedback is important to us and will aid our development work as we prepare the final versions of the approval criteria.   

This opportunity to provide feedback will close on 23rd October 2024.