Creating qualifications and rewarding achievement for Wales

Welcome to Agored Cymru

We are a QCFAwarding Organisation and charity working in Wales, for Wales, offering flexible and educational opportunities designed to help learners of every age and ability achieve their potential. 

With over 20 years of experience of awarding credit in Wales, our qualifications reflect the unique priorities of individuals, communities and employers in Wales.  Our team of specialist staff operate across Wales providing individual support in curriculum design and quality assurance.    

Agored Cymru offers recognised centres the opportunity to deliver effective lifelong learning, widen opportunity and enable learner progression to support the aims of modern Wales in English and/or Welsh.  

We are also able to accredit in house training and help businesses deliver high quality, bespoke quality assurance for your training.

 Our customers include all of Wales’ FE Colleges, all NHS health boards and trusts in Wales, local authority services, secondary schools, training providers, the voluntary sector, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, and many others. 

We hope that our website will give you all the information you need but if you would like to speak to us there is a complete list of our staff here. The list divides the staff functions between Business Development (new units, curriculum, qualifications, becoming a centre), Quality and Standards (quality, external verification, quality reviewing, certification etc.) and Finance and Corporate Services (finance, HR, queries regarding units & your framework). If you are not sure who to speak to, anyone taking a call will be able to direct you to the appropriate specialist.

Janet Barlow

Chief Executive Officer

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