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.
The JCQ was established in January 2004 to supersede the Joint Council for General Qualifications (JCGQ, 1998-2003). The JCQ was formed to enable member awarding bodies to act together in:
- providing, wherever possible, common administrative arrangements for the schools and colleges and other providers which offer their qualifications;
- dealing with the regulators; in responding to proposals and initiatives on assessment and the curriculum
- dealing with the media on issues affecting all member Bodies.
What we do
As the single voice for the member awarding bodies, we cover the full range of UK qualifications.
- We help the awarding bodies to work together to create common standards, regulations and guidance
- We help them to regulate themselves against those agreed standards as well as monitoring any exceptions
- We provide a forum for members to discuss issues with each other, partner organisations and the regulators
- We ensure examinations are sat under consistent regulations
Underlying all this is our role as the single voice that unifies the UK’s largest awarding bodies, speaking intelligently and coherently for all.
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