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Obtaining past exam certificates
Past exam certificates
QCA does not hold records of students' individual awards nor does it retain any copies of past certificates. To obtain copies of past certificates, you would need to contact the relevant awarding bodies.
There are now five main awarding bodies for these qualifications operating in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Please consult the list below to see who may now have a copy of your past certificate:
| Old Exam Board | Title | New Awarding Body |
| AEB | Associated Examinations Board | AQA (Guildford)
Tel - Switchboard: 01483 506506 - ask for Candidates Services Records |
| SEG | Southern Examining Group | |
| SEREB | South East Regional Examinations Board | |
| SWExB | South Western (Regional) Examinations Board | |
| ALSEB | Associated Lancashire Schools Examining Board | AQA (Manchester)
Tel - Exam Records: 0161 953 1180 - ask for Candidates Services Records |
| JMB | Joint Matriculation Board | |
| NEA | Northern Examining Association | |
| NEAB | Northern Examinations and Assessment Board | |
| NREB | North Regional Examining Board | |
| NWREB | North Western Regional Examining Board | |
| TWYLREB | The West Yorkshire and Lindsey Regional Examinations Board | |
| YHREB | Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Examinations Board | |
| NISEAC | Northern Ireland School Examinations and Assessment Council | CCEA
Download form from the CCEA website, print out and send in hard copy, or Request form - asking for Exam Support - by: Post |
| NISEC | Northern Ireland School Examinations Council | |
| BEC | Business Education Council | Edexcel
Download form from the Edexcel website*, print out and send in hard copy, or Tel: 0870 240 9800 - Customer services * - Scroll down to 'Replacement certificate/Letter of confirmation forms, Application for replacement BTEC certificate/letter of confirmation GCSE/GCE - application for replacement certificate/letter of success/statement of performance' |
| BTEC | Business and Technician Education Council | |
| JCBSPA | Joint Committee for Business Studies and Public Administration | |
| LEAG | London East Anglia Group | |
| LREB | London Regional Examining Board | |
| M&MREB | Metropolitan and Middlesex Regional Examining Boards | |
| TEC | Technician Education Council | |
| UESEC | University Entrance and Schools Examinations Council | |
| ULEAC | University of London Examinations and Assessment Council | |
| ULSEB | University of London Schools Examination Board | |
| EAEB | East Anglian Examinations Board | OCR\Edexcel
(see contact details above and below) |
| EMREB | East Midland Regional Examinations Board | OCR
Download form from the OCR website *, print out and send in hard copy * - 'Application form for certifying statement of results' |
| MEG | Midland Examining Group | |
| OCEAC | Oxford and Cambridge Examinations and Assessment Council | |
| OCSEB | Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board | |
| RSA | Royal Society of Arts | |
| SREB | Southern Regional Examinations Board | |
| SUJB | Southern Universities' Joint Board for Schools Examinations | |
| UCLES | University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate | |
| UODLE | University of Oxford Delegacy of Local Examinations | |
| WMEB | West Midlands Examinations Board | |
| WJEC | Welsh Joint Education Committee | WJEC
To apply to Sarah Wells for a copy of the form to request a certifying statement of results: Tel: 02920 265056 |
Please find the general contact details for some of the Awarding Bodies below:
AQA
Assessment and Qualifications Alliance
(Guildford)
Stag Hill House
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 5XJ
Tel: 01483 506 506
Fax: 01483 300 152
Email: mailbox@aqa.org.uk
Web site www.aqa.org.uk
Assessment and Qualifications Alliance
(Manchester)
Devas Street
Manchester
M15 6EX
Tel: 0161 953 1180
Fax: 0161 273 7572
Email: mailbox@aqa.org.uk
Website: www.aqa.org.uk
CCEA
Northern Ireland Council for
the Curriculum, Examinations
and Assessment
Clarendon Docks
29 Clarendon Road
Belfast
BT1 3BG
Tel:02890 261200
Email: info@ccea.org.uk
Website: www.ccea.org.uk
Edexcel
Edexcel Foundation
Stewart House
32 Russell Square
London
WC1B 5DN
Tel: 0870 240 9800
Email: enquiries@edexcel.org.uk
Website: www.edexcel.org.uk
OCR
Oxford, Cambridge and RSA
1 Regent Street
Cambridge
CB2 1GG
Tel: 01223 552 552
Email: helpdesk@ocr.org.uk
Website: www.ocr.org.uk
WJEC
Welsh Joint Education Committee
245 Western Avenue
Cardiff
CF5 2YX
Tel: 02920 265000
Email: info@wjec.co.uk
Website: www.wjec.co.uk