What we do

Advancing Learning…Changing Lives

Everything we do at Edexcel delivers opportunities to help people achieve their potential. We are a learning organisation, constantly innovating to provide a better service.

We are the UK’s largest awarding body and a part of Pearson plc, the world’s largest education services company. We offer an impressive range of services, including:

• Curriculum and qualification development
• Training and support for teachers and examiners
• Exam setting
• Testing
• Marking and assessment
• Certification

In the UK, we work with more than 5,000 secondary schools, 450 further education colleges, 70 higher education institutions and more than 700 employers and training providers. Our head office is in London, but we also have regional offices in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds and Manchester.

Internationally, we operate in 112 countries and every year more than four million people trust our respected learning programmes and qualifications. We have bases in Beijing, Colombo, Delhi, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpar, Dubai and South Africa. Plans are also in hand for a launch in Bulgaria.

We are leading the way in e-learning with flexible and accessible courses, and are using technology to cut bureaucracy by spearheading online marking and administration.

We offer a wide variety of both vocational and general qualifications, including:

• BTEC – more than 500,000 students study BTECs each year, as a leading vocational route into employment, further or higher education. They are studied at different levels and bespoke short courses are also developed for employers.
• GCSE in vocational subjects 
• GNVQ
• Advanced VCE 
• GCSE
• GCE AS and A Level
   
  We also provide Adult Literacy and Adult Numeracy qualifications at Entry levels, levels 1 & 2 and Key Skills qualifications.