Awarding bodies

Links to Awarding bodies in the Active Leisure and Learning sector.

1st4sport Qualifications

1st4sport Qualifications, a brand of Coachwise Limited, is a growing awarding body for sport and recreation in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.

CYQ – Central YMCA Qualifications

CYQ stems from 17 years of fitness industry experience gained as part of Central YMCA. Through this CYQ has established itself as a specialist and leading awarding body of health and fitness specific qualifications.

NCFE

NCFE is an awarding body operating across England, Northern Ireland and Wales, offering qualifications from pre-entry level up to and including level 4.

Swimming Teachers' Association

The STA's primary aim is to ensure that everybody is taught to swim and survive in water and can carry out basic rescue techniques.

City & Guilds

City & Guilds is the leading provider of vocational qualifications in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. Their qualifications assess skills that are of practical value in the work place.

CACHE

CACHE develops courses and qualifications for people who work, or want to work, in childcare.

Edexcel

Edexcel works closely with schools, colleges, universities, employers and training providers to help deliver qualifications to more than two million learners around the world.

EMTA Awards Limited

EMTA Awards Limited (EAL) is a leading UK awarding body for National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) and their Scottish equivalents (SVQs).

Assessment and Qualifications Alliance

AQA offers a range of qualifications and services, including GCSE, GCE, GNVQ, VCE and Entry Level, which are studied by over three quarters of a million students in a wide range of centres across the country.

OCR

OCR Qualifications are nationally recognised and represent the most respected names in education.

Vocational Training Charitable Trust

VCT is the largest awarding body for Sport and fitness therapy, Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Massage, Holistic Therapies and Beauty Therapy.

International Therapy Examination Council

The International Therapy Examination Council is the UK's leading awarding body for professional qualifications in Beauty Therapy, Complementary Therapy and Sports Therapy.

Scottish Qualifications Authority

SQA is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Scottish Executive Education Department. It is the national body in Scotland responsible for the development, accreditation, assessment and certification of qualifications other than degrees.