FOI23/24 148 Monitoring Audits to Awarding Bodies

Date published: 16/02/2024

FOI reference: 23/24 148

Date received: 02/02/2024

Date responded: 16/02/2024

Information requested

Can you confirm the following:

1.) How many Monitoring Audits to Awarding Bodies did the Senior Regulation Manager visit and conduct during the 2023 year?

2.) How many Monitoring Audits to Awarding Bodies did only 1 Regulation Manager attend rather than 2 during the 2023 year? (This is not centre monitoring visits)

3.) How many times during the 2023 year did an Awarding Body not get notified of any changes to Regulation Managers before the audit began?

Response

SQA do not audit by calendar year, but by financial year. Accordingly, we have split each request into the relevant financial years 2022/2023 and 2023/2024.

2022/2023

How many Monitoring Audits to Awarding Bodies did the Senior Regulation Manager visit and conduct during the 2023 year?

There were six.

How many Monitoring Audits to Awarding Bodies did only 1 Regulation Manager attend rather than 2 during the 2023 year? (This is not centre monitoring visits)

There were none.

How many times during the 2023 year did an Awarding Body not get notified of any changes to Regulation Managers before the audit began?

There were none.

2023/2024 to date.

How many Monitoring Audits to Awarding Bodies did the Senior Regulation Manager visit and conduct during the 2023 year?

There have been none.

How many Monitoring Audits to Awarding Bodies did only 1 Regulation Manager attend rather than 2 during the 2023 year? (This is not centre monitoring visits)

There have been none.

How many times during the 2023 year did an Awarding Body not get notified of any changes to Regulation Managers before the audit began?

There have been none.