Awarding Body : NCFE - UK National Professional Awarding Organisation

NCFE is a UK national awarding organisation. They design, develop and certify diverse, nationally recognised qualifications and awards.

Recognitions

NCFE is a registered educational charity. Their product catalogue includes a wide range of general and vocationally related QCF qualifications in a variety of subject areas. In addition, they offer as well as Competence Based qualifications/NVQs, and Functional Skills qualifications.

The qualification regulators for England, Wales and Northern Ireland recognise them as an awarding organisation. The regulators include:

• The Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England
• The Welsh Government in Wales
• The Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland

Qualifications

NCFE offer over 500 UK accredited qualifications. These range from Entry Level up to and including Level 4 as well as National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ), Functional Skills, Apprenticeships and Traineeships.

Partners

The organisation works collaboratively with a number of training providers. This is in order to offer flexible and innovative solutions in the changing environment of training and education. Their partners include:

• Vision2learn
• Learning Curve Group
• NCC Resources
• Oxford University Press
• The Pacific Institute
• The Skills Network
• Working Knowledge
• Hallmark Education
• Reed NCFE