Our OCR Nationals suite of qualifications is currently undergoing a re-development process which will see a number of changes and improvements made to the qualifications before they become available for first teaching in September 2010.
This re-development is necessary so that they are approved to the new Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) set out by the Government's 14-19 education strategy.
We have taken this opportunity to review and update content within the qualifications to ensure continued practical relevancy and learner engagement. To this end, we recently carried out in-depth research with the teaching community and extensive consultation has taken place with a range of stakeholders, including Ofqual, QCDA, JACQA and the Sector Skills Councils. As a result of this extensive dialogue, we will now be focusing on re-development activities over the next 12 months, including:
Our expected Development Timetable for OCR Nationals is:
View OCR Nationals (for 2010) FAQs (PDF , 850 KB)
To be kept up to date with further developments, please contact us.