To ensure learners receive their results on time, we will be implementing two term-time checkpoints prior to the main exam series in May 2026. The first checkpoint took place in December 2025, with the second scheduled before the exam period begins. 

These checkpoints will apply to specific qualifications delivered by centres, primarily those used for progression to further and higher education.  

For more information, please visit our website at Delivery of VTQ Results 

Thank you to all centres that completed the annual self-assessment questionnaire. Agored Cymru has reviewed all submissions, and centres requiring follow-up have been notified. These centres have received a detailed report outlining any necessary next steps. 

If you would like to receive a follow-up report or need any support regarding the Centre Annual Review process, please contact us at quality.assurance@agored.cymru. A member of the Quality and Standards team will be happy to assist you. 

These provide opportunities for centres to raise any questions or queries for the Agored Cymru Quality and Standards team.

Centres can book their places at Training and Events 

Cross-centre moderation activities will continue to take place throughout 2026. All centres offering the qualifications listed in the table below should contribute to a cross-centre moderation activity, where advised to do so.  

Following each cross-centre moderation activity, we will be inviting contributing centres to a stakeholder panel which is a good opportunity for centres to discuss the outcomes of the activity, as well as meeting and networking with other centres delivering the same qualification(s). Centres can book their places at Training and Events .

If you need any additional information about these external quality assurance activities, please contact us at quality.assurance@agored.cymru. A member of the Quality and Standards team will be happy to assist you. 

*New centres, that have not been part of an external quality assurance (EQA) activity previously, will be required to undertake individual EQA activity instead of cross-centre moderation, so that we can offer direct support and guidance on delivery, assessment and internal quality assurance (IQA). We plan to contact all new centres directly to find out when they intend to submit claims. This will enable us to effectively plan any new centre EQA activity.  

**Learning Core qualifications: Personal and Social Education (PSE); Work Related Education (WRE); Learning in the Outdoors (LiTO), Wales, Europe and the World (WEW), and Exploring Worldviews (EWV).  

In order to support the external moderation that is taking place, centres should submit all requested evidence for cross-centre moderation. This includes documents such as internal standardisation records, pre-course IQA records, and internal sampling strategy .

As the year progresses, you will notice some changes to the way centres register learners and submit claims. As Agored Cymru transitions to the new Quartz Web portal, there will also be updates to how to: 

• submit qualification approval applications 

• apply for Reasonable Adjustments and Special considerations 

• manage your Centre Action Plan (CAP) 

• update tutor, assessor, and IQA details. 

Please also keep an eye out for updated policies and procedures in the coming months relating to the following: 

• Qualification Approval and Withdrawal Policy and Procedure 

• Reasonable Adjustment to Assessment Policy and Procedure 

• Special Consideration for Assessment Policy and Procedure 

If you need any additional information about these new processes, please contact us at quality.assurance@agored.cymru. A member of the Quality and Standards team will be happy to assist you. 

Mae’r cymwysterau canlynol yn cael eu hadolygu.

Cysylltir yn awtomatig â’r canolfannau sydd â’r cymwysterau ar eu fframwaith i gymryd rhan yn yr adolygiad.

Os hoffai eich canolfan gael ei chynnwys yn yr ymgynghoriad cysylltwch â ni trwy glicio'r botwm isod.

*Bydd yn ofynnol i ganolfannau newydd nad ydynt wedi bod yn rhan o weithgarwch sicrhau ansawdd allanol (EQA) o’r blaen ymgymryd â gweithgaredd EQA unigol yn hytrach na chymedroli ar draws canolfannau, fel y gallwn gynnig cymorth ac arweiniad uniongyrchol ar gyflwyno, asesu a sicrhau ansawdd mewnol. Rydym yn bwriadu cysylltu â phob canolfan newydd yn uniongyrchol i gael gwybod pryd y maent yn bwriadu cyflwyno hawliadau. Bydd hyn yn ein galluogi i gynllunio unrhyw weithgaredd EQA canolfan newydd yn effeithiol. 

** Cymwysterau’r Craidd Dysgu: Addysg Bersonol a Chymdeithasol; Addysg Gysylltiedig â Gwaith; Dysgu yn yr Awyr Agored; Cymru, Ewrop a’r Byd; ac Archwilio Bydolygon. 

Er mwyn cefnogi cymedroli allanol sy’n cael ei gynnal, dylai canolfannau gyflwyno’r holl dystiolaeth y gofynnir amdani ar gyfer cymedroli ar draws canolfannau. Mae hyn yn cynnwys dogfennau fel cofnodion safoni mewnol, cofnodion IQA cyn-cwrs, a strategaeth samplu mewnol.

Wrth i’r flwyddyn barhau, mi fyddwch yn sylweddoli ar rhai newidiadau i’r ffordd mae canolfannau yn cofrestru dysgwyr ac yn cyflwyno hawliadau. Wrth i Agored Cymru bontio i’r porth newydd Quartz Web, bydd hefyd diweddariadau ar sut i:

• cyflwyno ceisiadau i gymeradwyo cymwysterau
• ymgeisio am Addasiadau Rhesymol ac Ystyriaethau Arbennig
• rheoli eich Cynllun Gweithredu Canolfan (CAP)
• diweddaru manylion tiwtoriaid, aseswyr a swyddogion sicrhau ansawdd mewnol (IQA).

Hefyd cadwch lygad am bolisïau a gweithdrefnau wedi'i diweddaru dros y misoedd nesaf yn gyswllt a’r canlynol:

• Polisi a Gweithdrefn Cymeradwyo Cymwysterau a Thynnu Cymwysterau yn ôl
• Polisi a Gweithdrefn Addasiadau Rhesymol i’r Broses Asesu
• Polisi a Gweithdrefn Ystyriaethau Arbennig ar gyfer Asesu

Os ydych angen unrhyw wybodaeth ychwanegol am y prosesau newydd, cysylltwch â’r canlynol, os gwelwch yn dda: sicrhau.ansawdd@agored.cymru. Bydd aelod o’r tîm Ansawdd a Safonau yn hapus i gynorthwyo