Technicals Resource and Support Hub

Customers delivering Technical Qualifications are invited to review our proposed examination dates for 2026, and to provide feedback on these dates.

Proposed exam dates 2026

Feedback form: proposed exam dates 2026

If your centre isn’t an approved City & Guilds centre, you will need to read the information on how to become a City & Guilds centre to ensure you meet the criteria. The next step is to submit a Customer Application Form and then a Centre Approval Form.

If your centre is already an approved City & Guilds centre, you will need to submit a Qualification Approval (QAP) form to City & Guilds via Walled Garden.  

Centres who require approval to deliver additional Technical Qualifications in preparation for delivery from September 2025 must be approved to do so in advance of the 2025-2026 delivery year. 

The terminal rule is designed to prevent malpractice and minimise any unfairness to learners. It applies to all Technical Awards, for all awarding organisations. You can read City & Guilds’ guidance document on the terminal rule here:

Terminal rule for KS4 Technical Awards

Key Stage 4 Technical Awards - The Terminal Rule and 'cashing in' qualification results

KS4 Technical Awards Terminal rule webinar Feb 2025 - Watch the video

KS4 Technical Awards Terminal rule webinar Feb 2025 - Download the slides

Ofqual’s guide for schools and colleges provides additional information on the terminal rule.

You can find the information on the terminal rule under the ‘How GCSEs, AS and A levels will be assessed in 2025’ section of the guidance:

Ofqual guide for schools and colleges 2025 - GOV.UK

Quality Assurance Standards

Please refer to the centre document library to access the suite of Quality Assurance Standards documents which apply to all City & Guilds approved centres, regardless of the qualifications they deliver:

Centre document library: Quality assurance

For centres delivering City & Guilds Technical Qualifications and the Extended Project Qualification, you also need to refer to the guide below.

Quality Guide for Centres 2024/25

What is CASS?

CASS is a regulatory requirement that came into force in September 2021. It requires each awarding organisation (AO) to have a strategy in place to ensure that centre assessed standards in every qualification are scrutinised by the AO to ensure the validity and reliability of results.

An AO’s CASS strategy must comply with minimum requirements as detailed in Section H2 of Ofqual’s General Conditions of Recognition.

The City & Guilds CASS Strategy covers all the checks we make to ensure the validity and reliability of the results issued through our moderation processes. As a minimum, our checks include:

• Sampling a range of centre marking based on risk for each series
• Review of IQA records
• Adjustment of marks by the awarding organisation to meet the standard
• Feedback on assessment judgement regardless of outcome

These minimum requirements are reflected in the processes already in place at City & Guilds and are encompassed in our Quality Assurance documentation which is regularly updated to reflect any regulatory change.

If you have any queries regarding the implementation of CASS please contact technicals.quality@cityandguilds.com.

These documents provide essential guidance and information for the delivery, assessment and administration of the Technical Qualifications.

Delivery timeline and calendar 2024/2025

The calendar of key dates, registration windows, and exam / assessment entry windows can be found here:

• Technical Qualifications: Delivery timeline and calendar 2024/2025

Examination timetable for 2024/2025

The exam timetable for Technical Qualifications, for examinations taking place in the spring, summer, and autumn series (KS4 only) in 2025 can be accessed via the link below.

• Technical Qualifications: Exam timetable 2024/2025

Onboarding Resources

• First Steps: Preparation to Teach Technicals – Watch the video | Download slides
• Technical Qualifications: Preparing learners for the Technicals Qualification theory exam – Watch the video

We also have handbooks available for each qualification, which are a valuable pre-delivery tool. Each qualification handbook can be found in the Qualifications section.

Teaching and Learning Resources

• Technical Qualifications: Synoptic visits 2024/25
• Technical Qualifications: Guide to teaching, learning and assessment
• Technical Qualifications: Generic forms
• Technical Qualifications: Practical Observation forms - best practice
• Technical Qualifications: Employer Involvement centre guidance
• Technical Qualifications: Employer Involvement planner and tracker
• Technical Qualifications: Employer Involvement planner and tracker exemplar
• Technical Qualifications: Adaptable delivery planner 2024/25
• Technical Qualifications: Delivery Planner Guidance

Notification forms

• Qualification Assessments - potential error notification form
• Notification of late submission of evidence - This form must be submitted by providers to notify City & Guilds of late submission of evidence for Technical Qualifications assessments. You can only use this form to notify us of late submission of evidence. One form is required per assessment.

Referencing work and plagiarism

• Information for candidates (coursework assessments)
• Information for candidates (non-examination assessments)
• Guidance for teachers/assessors on plagiarism in assessments

The Moderation Portal is the online administration platform used to facilitate the submission of marks and evidence and the moderation of the synoptic assignment, centre assessed components and employer involvement for Technical Qualifications.

Take me to the Moderation Portal

The Moderation Portal Centre User Guide can be downloaded here, which explains the full process for centres, including information on how to manage Moderation Portal centre user accounts, how to enter marks / grades, and how to upload evidence.

Download the Moderation Portal Centre User Guide

FAQs when using the Moderation Portal

Supporting videos

Accessing Moderation Portal: A step by step guide to accessing the City & Guilds Moderation Portal, the online platform for submitting marks, outcomes and evidence for Technicals.

Moderation Portal - Inputting evidence and uploading marks: A step by step guide to inputting evidence and uploading marks to the City & Guilds Moderation Portal, the online platform for submitting marks, outcomes and evidence for Technicals.

Moderation Portal - Uploading evidence at a cohort level: A step by step guide to uploading evidence for a cohort using the City & Guilds Moderation Portal, the online platform for submitting marks, outcomes and evidence for Technicals.

Moderation Portal - Account Management: A guide to managing your account on the City & Guilds Moderation Portal, the online platform for submitting marks, outcomes and evidence for Technicals.

Results Guide

How to view and download results from the Walled Garden for our Technical Qualifications.

Download the guide (PDF)

Published Grade Boundaries

The document below provides a list of the published grade boundaries for our Technical Qualification assessments. Its updated throughout the year after each key results date.

Download the Published Grade Boundaries (PDF)

Qualification Performance Report

This document gives Level 2 and Level 3 Technicals qualification overall performance for the 2023-24 academic year.

Download the report (PDF)

Grade Prediction Calculator

Our Grade Prediction Calculator has been designed to help you find out what qualification grade your learner might achieve on their Technical Qualification.

Download Calculator (XLSX)

Watch instructional webinar (YouTube)

Enquires about results (EAR)

For information about the Enquiries about Results process for Technical Qualifications please refer to the Centre Document Library under the ‘Appeals’ drop-down menu.

Missing bookings and submissions

Post results, where a centre has failed to make a booking for an assessment component via Walled Garden and has not submitted a result for the component to the Moderation Portal, centres will need to submit this as a ‘missing booking and submission’ request.

Please complete the below form in full and send to technicals.quality@cityandguilds.com. Once the bookings have been processed, they will appear in the Moderation Portal for you to submit results. 

Download missing booking and submission form 

Error correction and amendments

Error corrections and amendments can only be accepted where supporting evidence proves that the work has been completed within the 2024-2025 academic year.

If you would like to request a correction and/or amendment to a centre submission (e.g. where the wrong mark or grade has been submitted or there has been an administrative error) please complete the Technical Qualification Correction / Amendment Request form.

For further help and support, please contact the Technicals Quality team at technicals.quality@cityandguilds.com.

Stay up to date with the changes to the technical education landscape as part of the Department for Education’s post-16 qualification reforms. Our dedicated webpage includes explainers and key information, guidance and support, FAQs and more.

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