The first step to offering Cambridge OCR qualifications is becoming an approved centre. This will enable you to make entries for any of following qualifications: 

• AS and A Levels 
• Cambridge Nationals 
• Cambridge Advanced Nationals 
• Cambridge Technicals* 
• Core Maths 
• Entry Level 
• Extended Project 
• FSMQ 
• GCSEs 
• Level 3 Certificate in Sustainability. 

*Approval for Cambridge Technicals is at qualification level so you will also need to tell us which subjects you are planning to offer. 

If you wish to offer Careers and Life and Living Skills, please see the dedicated centre approval page.

For Cambridge Technicals, you need to obtain approval for each qualification. You need to follow the JCQ General Regulations and, for the 2016 suite, which has external assessment, the following JCQ publications:

To apply for centre approval, please contact us at centre.approval@ocr.org.uk.

Please tell us which qualifications you wish to offer and the number of candidates you will have each year. 

We will send you a checklist for you to complete. 

If your checklist shows your centre meets the requirements, we will send you the centre approval application form: 

• You must complete all sections fully to avoid any delays in your application. 
• We will contact you if we have any questions regarding your application. 

When we have reviewed your application, we will carry out a credit check. 

If the credit check is successful, we will liaise with the JCQ Centre Inspection Service: 

• If you are approved with another awarding body, we will check any issues identified from your latest inspection have been resolved. 
• If you are not already approved with another awarding body, or have not been inspected in the last two years, the JCQ Centre Inspection Service will carry out a pre-registration inspection. If you are a new centre, applying to more than one awarding body, you will only need one pre-registration inspection. 

Once your centre has passed all checks, including the inspection, we can approve your centre. You will receive an email of confirmation. You can then enter candidates for the qualifications that you are approved to offer.

We have a credit checking process in place to help us verify your credit worthiness.

You need to have been established, and trading on credit terms, for a minimum of six months.

If you cannot satisfy these requirements, we will be unable to process your application.

We can, however, review your application after six months of trading.

If you cannot meet these criteria but think there are extenuating circumstances, please email us at centre.approval@ocr.org.uk.

Approval is subject to continued centre activity; if there are no entries or certification claims for a qualification for two consecutive years, your centre approval will automatically lapse.