LAI

We award the accredited programmes. We help schools reach the standard.

LAI is a modern international awarding and assessment organisation. We award the International GCSE, International A Level and International Foundation Programme.

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LAI

International Awarding & Assessment

We award the accredited programmes. We help schools reach the standard.

LAI is a modern international awarding and assessment organisation. We award the International GCSE, International A Level and International Foundation Programme.

Partner with LAI

See what LAI awards

LAI

International Awarding & Assessment

We award the accredited programmes. We help schools reach the standard.

LAI is a modern international awarding and assessment organisation. We award the International GCSE, International A Level and International Foundation Programme.

Partner with LAI

See what LAI awards

How LAI is different.

Assessment should not begin at the final examination.

Many assessment models focus mainly on the examination. LAI is designed to support the work before the examination: curriculum mapping, readiness visibility, centre guidance, secure assessment and quality assurance.

How LAI is different.

Assessment should not begin at the final examination.

How LAI is different.

Assessment should not begin at the final examination.

What LAI awards

Three accredited programmes, one clear path.

Explore accredited programmes

International GCSE

The foundation years.

International A Level

Depth and the route to university.

International Foundation Programme

The bridge from school to a degree.

The LAI Standard

One standard holds it all together.

Accredited programmes, recognition, governance, teaching and employability are not separate offers. They are expressions of one thing: the LAI Standard - the level a school commits to and is trusted on.

Discover the LAI standard

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Why LAI can be trusted

Built in London. Accredited. Partnered. Governed.

London & British Educational Heritage

Built in London, on British educational values and London’s long influence on international education.

London Academic Ecosystem & Teacher Development

LAI’s London identity is supported by London-based academic standards and academic collaboration with the University of Greenwich for teacher training, professional development and capacity building at LAI-approved schools.

City & Guilds Accredited Programmes

Built on more than 145 years of City & Guilds heritage in skills and education.

Independent Academic Governance

Standards set and protected by named, accountable people, separate from commercial decisions, with secure assessment and continuous quality assurance behind every grade.

Recognitions

The Recognition Standard.

LAI gives its own awards through programmes accredited by City & Guilds. LAI works with academic partners, including the University of Greenwich, for teacher training, professional development and capacity building at LAI-approved schools. LAI accredited programmes hold IBCC equivalency in Pakistan, and an ECCTIS review is in progress. Recognition varies by country, institution, programme and applicant profile. See Recognition & Benchmarking for detail by market.

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Why schools choose LAI

Reasons, not slogans.

Why schools choose LAI

Keep your curriculum

Keep your
curriculum

Keep your textbooks

Keep your
textbooks

Keep your teachers

Keep your
teachers

Keep your
identity

Strengthen your standards

Strengthen
your standards

Strengthen your standards

Prepare learners
for university

Prepare learners for university

Develop employability

Develop
employability

Supported quietly by Nexus

Supported
quietly by Nexus

Quality
assured

Documented progression routes

Nexus

Connected by Nexus, our Educational Intelligence layer.

Nexus maps your teaching to the standard, shows where each learner stands, and flags gaps early quietly, beneath the teaching you already do. LAI is the institution; Nexus is how it works.

About Nexus

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Whoever you are, there’s a path.

For governments

Recognition, benchmarking and quality assurance for national education systems.

For universities

Clear accredited programme standards and progression routes for admissions and partnerships.

For teachers

Professional development, teaching support and tools to deliver the LAI Standard.

For parents & learners

Clear guidance on accredited programmes, assessment, results and progression.

City & Guilds accredited programmes; LAI awards the programme.

City & Guilds accredited programmes;
LAI awards the programme.

City & Guilds accredited programmes; LAI awards the programme.

Assessment should not begin at the final examination.

Assessment should not begin at the final examination.