1. Strategic Policy Overview
Dr Rachel Heath-Davies
Head of Strategic Policy

2. National Overview Welsh education reform journey Our National Mission
Successful Futures and curriculum reform
National Academy for Educational Leadership
Developing teaching profession
Strengthening school improvement and coherence with inspection framework and accountability measures
Assessment (both formative and summative) that supports reform journey

3. National Policy Overview ctd
Hazelkorn Review, Towards 2030 – a framework for creating a world class post compulsory education and training sector
Review of funding methodology for post-16
Welsh in education action plan,
All education policy devolved – including teacher pay

4. Strategic Policy Overview
Qualifications Wales Act 2015
Regulatory Framework and Approach
Regulatory Outcomes

5. Regulatory Approach Listen to learners
Listen to awarding bodies and stakeholders
Proportionate regulatory action
Consultations are transparent and meaningful
Collaborative approach
Clear, informative, targeted and timely communications
Work with other regulators
Being mindful of the impact on awarding bodies
Assess the costs, benefits and risks of proposed action

7. Regulatory Documents

8. Findings from Review of Conditions
Review between autumn 2017 and summer 2018
Published findings of our report October 2018
awarding bodies wished to see revisions across the Conditions;
prefer for revisions to be aligned across three regulators as much as reasonably possible; and
other forms of clarification or guidance and support would be helpful.

9. Findings from Review of Conditions
Clarity, Structure and Duplication
The applicability of Conditions to all qualification types
Location of awarding bodies
Conflict of Interest and use of ‘Personal interest’
Malpractice and maladministration

10. Findings from Review of Conditions
Role of Responsible Officer
Current relevance of Condition D6
Fees to purchasers of qualifications
Appeals process
The Wales context

11. Next Steps – Revisions to Conditions
Three regulator work programme;
Align as far as possible;
Consultation on revision from April 2019;
Publish Revised Conditions in autumn 2019;
Effective from April 2020.

12. Policy developments and other projects
Transfer Conditions Policy
Monetary Penalties Policy
Fee Capping Policy
Regulatory Impact Assessment
Fair Access by Design
Independent reviewers

13. Policy reviews Regulatory Appeals Policy Recognition Policy
Reasonable Adjustments Policy
Approach to policy reviews
Bilingual and Welsh medium qualifications Policy
Scoping the landscape of Welsh language support grant

14. Feedback Engagement and consultations
Focus groups on Welsh medium and bilingual qualifications policy and grant
Call for evidence for piloting regulatory impact assessment
Feedback on regulatory documents any time