{"id":10743,"date":"2025-05-27T15:47:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/pages\/article\/ofqual-who-are-they\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T15:48:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:48:22","slug":"ofqual-who-are-they","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/article\/ofqual-who-are-they\/","title":{"rendered":"Ofqual who are they?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Qualification-3.jpg\" alt=\"Qualification\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" \/>The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation is a non-ministerial government department that regulates qualifications, exams and tests in England and, until May 2016, vocational qualifications in Northern Ireland. Colloquially and publicly, Ofqual is often referred to as the exam &#8220;watchdog&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The awarding organisations such as TQUK and FutureQuals who we deliver regulated qualifications through are regulated and governed by Ofqual.<\/p>\n<p>See the range of regulated\u00a0qualifications the Pro`trainigns offer at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.protrainings.uk.\/courses\">www.protrainings.uk.\/courses<\/a>\u00a0or call 01206 805359.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation is a non-ministerial government department that regulates qualifications, exams and tests in England and, until May 2016, vocational qualifications in Northern Ireland. Colloquially and publicly, Ofqual is often referred to as the exam &#8220;watchdog&#8221;. The awarding organisations such as TQUK and FutureQuals who we deliver regulated qualifications through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[1058],"tags":[305],"class_list":["post-10743","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","category-training","tag-ofqual"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ofqual - who are they and do ProTrainings offer regulated qualifications<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation is a non-ministerial government department that regulates qualifications, exams in England\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/article\/ofqual-who-are-they\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ofqual - 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