Qualifications frameworks
Last updated on: 10/03/2008
The aim of a qualifications framework is to deliver a simple, unified, integrated and navigable qualifications system – a system where achievement can be recognised within the national framework without artificial barriers of age or stage, and where learning and skills are valued regardless of who funds the learning, who accredits it, which agency quality assures it or where the learning takes place.
On these pages you'll learn about the NQF – the National Qualifications Framework and the QCF – the Qualifications and Credit Framework.
In response to perceived confusion from learners and employers surrounding the qualifications system in England, Ofqual has produced an overview of England's regulated qualifications system. This includes an infographic and text explaining the relationship between qualifications and frameworks, and a guide to understanding qualification equivalence.