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''"The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) consists of AQA, City & Guilds, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, SQA and WJEC, the seven largest providers of qualifications in the UK, offering GCSE, GCE, Scottish Highers, Entry Level, Vocational and vocationally-related qualifications."'' [http://www.jcq.org.uk/about_us/index.cfm 3] | ''"The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) consists of AQA, City & Guilds, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, SQA and WJEC, the seven largest providers of qualifications in the UK, offering GCSE, GCE, Scottish Highers, Entry Level, Vocational and vocationally-related qualifications."'' [http://www.jcq.org.uk/about_us/index.cfm 3] | ||
JCQ's role includes assisting "the awarding bodies to work together to create common standards, regulations and guidance" and working to "ensure examinations are sat under consistent regulations". [http://www.jcq.org.uk/about_us/index.cfm 3] | |||
==Other awarding bodies== | ==Other awarding bodies== | ||
Revision as of 16:59, 8 January 2011
Main exam boards
- Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA)
- City & Guilds
- The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA)
- Edexcel
- Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations (OCR)
- Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)
- WJEC/CBAC
This list is based on Joint Council for Qualifications - list of members. The above list includes the five awarding bodies for 'A' Levels and GCSEs (as listed QCDA website 1 2).
Joint Council for Qualifications
"The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) consists of AQA, City & Guilds, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, SQA and WJEC, the seven largest providers of qualifications in the UK, offering GCSE, GCE, Scottish Highers, Entry Level, Vocational and vocationally-related qualifications." 3
JCQ's role includes assisting "the awarding bodies to work together to create common standards, regulations and guidance" and working to "ensure examinations are sat under consistent regulations". 3
Other awarding bodies
There are a number of other awarding bodies.
- see Register of Regulated Qualifications http://register.ofqual.gov.uk/Organisation/Browse
