United Kingdom Awarding Bodies

In the United Kingdom, an awarding body is an examination board which sets examinations and awards qualifications, such as GCSEs and A-levels. Additionally, these Awarding Bodies provide professional awards in the form of tertiary level Certificates, Diplomas, Advanced Diplomas, Graduate Diplomas, and Post Graduate Diplomas. There are seven main examination boards in the United Kingdom:

• AQA (Assessment and Qualifications Alliance)
• NCC Education
• CIE (University of Cambridge International Examinations)
• Edexcel
• ICAAE (International Curriculum and Assessment Agency Examinations)
• OCR (Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations)
• WJEC