# AQA EDUCATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1073334
- **Other names:** ASSESSMENT &amp; QUALIFICATIONS ALLIANCE, ASSESSMENT AND QUALIFICATIONS ALLIANCE, AQA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [03644723](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03644723)
- **Registered:** Jan. 15, 1999
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1073334


## Contact

- **Address:** DEVAS STREET, MANCHESTER
- **Postcode:** M15 6EX
- **Phone:** 0800 197 7162
- **Email:** GovernanceTeamAQA@aqa.org.uk
- **Website:** www.aqa.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY THE PREPARATION, VALIDATION, ACCREDITATION, CONDUCT AND ADMINISTRATION OF:A) EXAMINATIONS FOR THE AWARD OF GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION, GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION AND GENERAL NATIONAL VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION OR SUCH OTHER CERTIFICATES AS MAY BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THEM; ANDB) ANY OTHER TESTS, EXAMINATIONS OR OTHER SYSTEMS OF ASSESSING AND RECORDING ACADEMIC OR OTHER ACHIEVEMENT

**Activities:** The purpose of AQA is to advance education for the benefit of the public.  It does this by setting, marking and awarding public examinations such as GCSEs and A levels; providing vocational and technical qualifications, apprenticeship courses and training needed for certain jobs; and delivering assessment services and technology to help others improve teaching, learning and assessment more widely.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **David Laws** | Chair | Dec. 10, 2024 |
| Claire Louise Heald |  | Oct. 1, 2025 |
| Colin Hughes |  | Sept. 1, 2020 |
| Deirdre Mary O&#x27;Donoghue |  | July 1, 2021 |
| Hilary Ann Ewing |  | April 1, 2024 |
| Jennese Alozie |  | Oct. 1, 2025 |
| Mana Abedi |  | Oct. 7, 2025 |
| Mark Barry Lindon Allen |  | Sept. 1, 2022 |
| Paula Smith |  | Jan. 1, 2023 |
| Steven Robinson |  | Oct. 7, 2025 |
| Thomas John Jackson |  | May 1, 2024 |
| Thomas Joseph Hall |  | Sept. 1, 2022 |




