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Qualifications Explained Factsheet PDF

The document discusses different qualification frameworks in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It explains that qualifications fall within the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF), or Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ). Each level represents increasing difficulty, from Entry Level being the most basic to Level 8 being the most advanced. It provides examples of qualifications that fall within each level for the different frameworks.

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Qualifications Explained Factsheet PDF

The document discusses different qualification frameworks in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It explains that qualifications fall within the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF), or Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ). Each level represents increasing difficulty, from Entry Level being the most basic to Level 8 being the most advanced. It provides examples of qualifications that fall within each level for the different frameworks.

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Qualifications explained

Regulated qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are in one of the following frameworks:

 National Qualifications Framework (NQF)


 Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF)
 Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ)

The levels represent the difficulty of the qualification, Entry Level being the most basic and Level 8 the most advanced.

Level NQF examples QCF examples FHEQ


Entry - Entry level certificate - Entry level: award, certificate, diploma, -
- Entry level Skills for Life -Entry Level Functional Skills
-Entry Level Foundation Learning
1 - GCSE (grades D-G) - BTEC award, certificate and diploma
- Key Skills level 1 level 1
- NVQ level 1 - Foundation Learning level 1
- Skills for Life level 1 - Functional Skills level 1
- Foundation diploma - OCR National
2 - GCSE (grades A*-C) - BTEC award, certificate and diploma
- Key Skills level 2 level 2
- NVQ level 2 - Functional Skills level 2
- Skills for Life level 2
- Higher diploma
3 - AS and A level - BTEC award, certificate and diploma
- Cambridge International award level 3
- International Baccalaureate - BTEC National
- Key Skills level 3 - OCR National
- NVQ level 3 - Cambridge National
- Advanced/ Progression diploma
4 - Certificate of higher education - BTEC Professional award, certificate and - Certificate of higher education
- Key Skills level 4 diploma level 4 - HNC
- NVQ level 4
5 - HND - BTEC Professional award, certificate and - Diploma of higher education
- NVQ level 4 diploma level 5 - Diploma of further education
- Higher diploma - HNC - Foundation degree
- HND - HND
6 - NVQ level 4 - BTEC Advanced Professional award, - Bachelor’s degree
certificate and diploma level 6 - Graduate certificate
- Graduate diploma
7 - BTEC Advanced Professional award, - BTEC Advanced Professional award, - Master’s degree
certificate and diploma level 7 certificate and diploma level 7 - Postgraduate certificate
- Fellowship and fellowship diploma - Postgraduate diploma
- Postgraduate certificate
- Postgraduate diploma
- NVQ level 5
8 - NVQs level 5 - Vocational qualifications level 8 - Doctorate

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