Last updated: 05 Mar 2008

The joint QCA, DCELLS and CCEA consultation on regulatory arrangements for the QCF, launched on 29 November 2007, closed on 29 February 2008.

Two documents were presented by the regulators for consultation:

• QCF regulatory arrangements - which sets out the arrangements that are intended to apply to organisations and qualifications within the QCF and reflects the qualifications regulators' commitment to a strategic approach to safeguarding the needs of learners
• Implementation proposals - which outlines timelines and accompanying processes that are proposed to support QCF implementation.

The consultation draft versions of these documents and the questions which supported the consultation remain available on these pages for reference. However, it is no longer possible to make a formal response. The consultation is also available, for reference, in Welsh on the DCELLS website.

The qualifications regulators will now consider the responses to the consultation and aim to produce revised versions of both the regulatory arrangements and the implementation proposals. It is intended that these are published at the beginning of May.

The regulatory arrangements are designed to support the implementation of the QCF from August 2008 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, subject to confirmation by Ministers in the three countries.