JCQ aims to:
- Reduce bureaucracy for schools and colleges by facilitating and delivering common administrative arrangements for examinations. 
- Provide a forum for strategic debate, information exchange and expression of common interest amongst awarding bodies. 
- Enable member awarding bodies to jointly express views and collectively respond to national issues. 
- Provide a channel for collective discussion with key stakeholders including the HE sector, teachers, and their representative organisations. 
In meeting these aims, JCQ undertakes a wide range of activities including the publishing of national GCSE and A level results in August; handling enquiries from examination officers; and publishing advice, guidance and regulations on delivering examinations.
 
 
