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Reports

We are committed to publishing the results of our work and investigations.

We publish reports on a range of regulatory activities including monitoring standards over time, comparability studies, reviewing awarding body performance, investigating assessment issues and monitoring the qualifications market.

These reports can be found in this section of the website.

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National curriculum key stages

The national curriculum is organised into blocks of years called 'key stages'. 'Foundation stage' covers education for children before they reach five (compulsory school age).

Relationship between key stages, school years and pupil ages

Key dates