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Our Partners

We take an active role in bureacracy reduction and standards setting initiatives across the education sector. We are represented on:


	Information Standards Board The ISB for education, skills and children’s services is the overarching authority and governing body for the management and assurance of information and data standards across the system.

Our board member organisations


	Association of Colleges The Association of Colleges was created in 1996 as the single voice to promote the interests of further education colleges in England and Wales.
	Association of Employment and Learning Providers The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) is a national membership organisation and is the recognised voice of independent providers who engage in government-funded skills training and employability programmes throughout England.
	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills BIS is responsible for building a dynamic and competitive UK economy, including further and higher education.
	Department for Education The DfE is responsible for all issues affecting children and young people, up to the age of 19, including education.
	Higher Education Funding Council for England HEFCE promotes and funds high-quality, cost-effective teaching and research in the higher education sector, meeting the diverse needs of students, the economy and society.
	HOLEX HOLEX is the national network of local adult learning providers.
	Local Government Association The LGA is a voluntary lobbying organisation, acting as the voice of the local government sector, and an authoritative and effective advocate on its behalf.
	Ofqual Ofqual is the regulator of qualification, exams and tests in England.
	Ofsted Ofsted inspects and regulates care for children and young people, and inspects education and training for learners of all ages.
	Skills Funding Agency The Skills Funding Agency funds and regulates adult FE and skills training in England.
	Education Funding Agency The Education Funding Agency (EFA) provides revenue and capital funding for education for learners between the ages of 3 and 19, or the ages of 3 and 25 for those with learning difficulties and disabilities.

Other Partners

	The Data Service The Data Service has been established as the single authoritative source of data for post-16 further education, with sole responsibility for its collection and dissemination.
	Examination Officers' Association The EOA is an independent, non-union organisation which supports the professional development of exam office personnel working in centres throughout the UK.
	Higher Education Statistics Agency HESA is the official agency for the collection, analysis and dissemination of quantitative information about higher education.
	Learning Records Service (formerly MIAP) The Learning Records Service provides three services to enable data sharing across the education sector: the UK Register of Learning Providers, the Personal Learning Record and the Learner Register Organisation Portal.