About ABC Awards
ABC Awards Mission
To offer a coherent portfolio of vocationally related qualifications reflecting the national and regional skills needs of 14 -19 and 19+ learners with customer support of the highest quality within a culture of continuous improvement.
ABC Awards Vision
To be recognised as pre-eminent amongst vocational awarding bodies by learners, employers, providers and the regulatory authorities.
About ABC Awards
ABC Awards is one of the largest vocational awarding bodies in the United Kingdom with an established reputation for quality and customer service. ABC is recognised by the regulatory bodies as an awarding body whose qualifications meet the criteria applied by QCA (Qualifications Curriculum Authority) and are eligible for funding under the LSC (Learning and Skills Council) mechanism.
ABC’s national operation is supported through its four offices based at Chorley, Nottingham, Reading and Taunton, all providing support to centres and a full range of assessment services, which ensures that local support is available for all those involved in the provision and use of its qualifications. The four offices continue to be the administrative centres for the portfolio of qualifications and you may expect to receive the same quality of service and support from each of these locations. ABC has streamlined common administrative systems for all qualifications and each of the four offices is able to deal with queries and respond quickly to requests for advice, information or support. ABC Awards now accepts on-line registrations from accredited centres, registration facilities are available through our web site – http://www.abcawards.co.uk/online/secure_login.asp
There is a broad choice of qualifications, from Entry Level to Level 6 with each qualification being assessed in a rigorous but user-friendly manner and most are in manageable bites of learning. It is ABC’s aim to open up opportunities for learners and to widen participation in education. ABC’s portfolio has been developed in conjunction with practitioners and subject specialists
Vocational qualifications serve a range of groups and needs:
- 16+ learners that the traditional, narrow academic curriculum has failed and who require education and training more specifically geared for employment
- 19+ learners who belatedly recognise the value of qualifications which they have previously failed to achieve
- 19+ learners who need to re-train in an increasingly changing and volatile employment market
- those in employment who wish/need to upskill to keep pace with technological change and/or to improve prospects of advancement
The awarding of school league table points to vocational qualifications is a significant step forward for their profile and the new 14-19 Diplomas will necessitate the inclusion of vocational qualifications into the UCAS Tariff in the future.
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Business Development
ABC Awards has a team of Business Development Managers who can offer advice and guidance on ABC’s full Portfolio, Examination and Moderation services as well as the full range of training events and conferences ABC Awards is involved with. The team is committed to helping you in the way that suits centres' requirements and is available to visit centres at their convenience.
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ABC Awards Customer Service Statement
Read ABC Awards Customer Service statement here
