Skills and Education Group

Name

Skills and Education Group

Legal name

Skills and Education Group

Website

https://skillsandeducationgroup.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1912

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nottingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Annual membership fees based on organizational size, providing access to discounts, networking groups, foundation grants, and CPD benefits
2. Qualification and Assessment Services: Fees for regulated qualifications, end-point assessments, and certification services across vocational and Access to HE diploma programs
3. CPD Events and Training: Professional development events, conferences, and training sessions with member discounts available
4. Foundation Grants Program: Charitable foundation providing learner grants, environment improvement grants, and funding to support social mobility objectives

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Skills and Education Group is a UK membership charity that operates multiple Ofqual-registered awarding organisations (SEG Awards, SEG Access, BIIAB) delivering vocational qualifications, Access to HE diplomas, and end-point assessments through a national network of approved centres. It also provides continuing professional development, training events, and a charitable foundation that funds grants for skills and social mobility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SEG Membership

Quantifiable outcome

• 87% customer satisfaction
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered long-standing, core and minor.

• Académie de Strasbourglong-standingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1992Long-standing international partnership established in 1992, celebrating over 24 years of collaboration. Partnership originally signed under emfec predecessor organisation.
• Learning and Work InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive partnership supporting the Get the Nation Learning campaign and Festival of Learning initiative. Skills and Education Group is a partner aligned with the Learning and Work Institute's mission to ensure everyone can learn, develop, and progress regardless of background.
• WorldSkills UKcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on EDI and skills excellence initiatives. WorldSkills UK is a world-class skills network focused on raising standards, championing future skills, and empowering young people from all backgrounds.
• ArtsworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Artswork, a charity working with children and young people across England to build skills, confidence, and creative pathways. Collaboration on podcast exploring arts education and accessibility.
• Education and Training Foundation (ETF)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerGovernment-backed, sector-owned national support body for the Further Education and Training sector. Skills and Education Group receives project-based funding from ETF to deliver local, regional, and national activities supporting and developing the sector.
• Nottingham CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on learner grant initiatives and Heritage Open Days events. Nottingham College is both a customer receiving foundation grants and a strategic partner for heritage and education initiatives.
• BIIAB Qualifications LimitedcoreOthersNational awarding organisation within the Skills and Education Group family, primarily operating in licensed hospitality sectors, offering qualifications and assessments for all abilities and ages post-14.
• Skills and Education Group AwardscoreOthersNational awarding organisation within the group developing diverse vocational qualifications for all ages and abilities post-14. Company Number: 04117784, Charity Commission Registration: 1086947.
• Skills and Education Group AccesscoreOthersNational awarding organisation and Access Validating Agency developing vocational qualifications and Access to Higher Education diplomas. Company Number: 03773914, Charity Commission Registration: 1088839.
• Quality Licence Scheme LimitedminorOthersBrand within the group working with training providers to develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market. Company Number: 10051052.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• AQA: AQA is a major UK awarding body, primarily known for academic GCSEs/A-levels but with growing vocational offerings. It is comparable as a UK awarding organisation but is largely academic-focused and much larger, making it an indirect rather than direct competitor to SEG's vocational FE portfolio.
• Association of Colleges (AoC): The Association of Colleges is the UK membership body for FE colleges, representing institutions that are also SEG's primary members and awarding customers. Comparable to SEG on the membership-body dimension, but as a representative/advocacy body rather than an awarding organisation.
• Education and Training Foundation (ETF): ETF is a government-backed national support body for the FE and training sector and an active SEG partner/funding source. Relevant adjacent organisation because it shapes the policy and CPD ecosystem in which SEG operates, but not a direct awarding competitor.

Broad incumbents

• City & Guilds: City & Guilds is a long-established, large-scale UK and international vocational awarding organisation with a broad qualification portfolio across industries. It overlaps directly with SEG on vocational credentials and end-point assessments but operates at far greater scale and geographic reach.
• Pearson (Edexcel / BTEC): Pearson is a global education company whose Edexcel and BTEC brands are major UK vocational and academic awarding organisations. It competes with SEG Awards/BIIAB on vocational qualifications and apprenticeship end-point assessments, but at vastly larger scale and with broader product reach.

Direct peers

• NCFE: NCFE is one of the largest UK awarding organisations, offering vocational qualifications and end-point assessments through a network of approved centres. Highly comparable to Skills and Education Group in regulated qualification model, Ofqual registration, and FE sector focus, but operating at materially larger scale.
• Highfield Qualifications: Highfield Qualifications is a UK awarding organisation offering vocational and compliance-focused qualifications across multiple sectors through a centre network. Comparable to SEG Awards/BIIAB in regulated qualification delivery and end-point assessment, with similar centre-driven GTM.
• NOCN: NOCN is a UK awarding organisation offering vocational qualifications, Access to HE, and apprenticeship end-point assessments via an approved centre network. Closely comparable to SEG in business model, regulatory positioning, and FE/skills sector focus, though NOCN serves a slightly broader industrial mix.
• AIM Awards: AIM Awards is a UK-based awarding organisation providing regulated qualifications and Access to HE programmes to FE colleges and training providers. It is highly comparable to SEG in regulated qualification mix and FE sector customer base, operating at a similar mid-sized scale.
• Open Awards: Open Awards is a UK awarding organisation providing regulated qualifications, Access to HE, and end-point assessments through approved centres. It directly mirrors SEG's combination of awarding services and Access to HE activity for FE colleges and training providers, at a similar mid-market scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/skills-and-education-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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