Quality in Careers – Award Holders

This page provides details of all secondary schools, colleges and other learning providers who have been successfully assessed and accredited by one of our Licensed Awarding Bodies to hold the national Quality in Careers Standard.

Award Holders are shown in every one of the 9 Regions in England (plus those in Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands) by clicking on the map below. The link shows you the name of the Awarding Body too.

We strongly recommend that secondary schools, colleges and other learning providers looking to start ‘working towards’ the Standard make contact with one or more of our Awarding Bodies as well as speaking with one or more holders of the Standard.

December 2021 headline figures of schools and colleges engaged with the Standard:

Almost 21 months after the Covid19 pandemic began and seriously disrupted many facets of education, including time to work towards the Standard –  these figures show that the level of active engagement of schools and colleges with the national Standard was:

• 719 English secondary schools and colleges hold the award.
• Of whom 68% have been accredited using the 2019 revised criteria.
• The remaining 32% of the award holders have now come or are coming to the time for reaccreditation under the 2019 revised criteria. Most of these have been offered – as agreed with the Consortium Board and DfE – a ‘period of grace’ to defer submissions for reassessment because of the impact of Covid19. This period of grace either expired or was further reviewed at Easter 2022.
• There were a further 472 schools and colleges actively “working towards” assessment in 2022.

So, in December 2021, there were 1191 English schools and colleges actively engaged with the Standard. In addition, 6 secondary schools hold the Standard in Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands, as well as 2 middle schools in England.

Whilst this page doesn’t include details of secondary schools, colleges and other providers who are ‘working towards’ achieving the Standard, you may also ask our Awarding Bodies if there are learning providers located near you who are currently ‘working towards’ the Standard.