Frequently asked questions

Our Level 1/2 Technical Award in Finance (TAF) - included in Key Stage 4 2024 performance tables.

Our Level 3 Certificate/Diploma in Financial Studies (CeFS/DipFS) qualifications are included in Performance Tables.

Our Level 2 Certificate in Financial Education (CeFE) was included in performance tables and counted towards Progress 8 up until 2019.

Our Level 2 Certificate in Financial Capability and Careers Development (CeFCCD) is included in performance tables in Wales.

All of our Financial Capability qualifications are approved by Ofqual, Qualification Wales and CCEA.

There are no costs associated with becoming an approved centre to deliver our qualifications.

The costs involved with the delivery of our qualifications include the registration of learners, exam resits and any post-result actions (e.g. script requests, result enquiries).

Invoices are raised at the beginning of the month with payment due within 30 days.

Our Financial Capability qualifications are all fully funded as part of Section 96.

A Relationship Manager (RM) is a dedicated member of our Financial Capability team who is able to provide guidance in qualification delivery at your centre via on-site meetings, phone or email support.

To register interest with your local RM, complete our registration of interest form or email fccrm@libf.ac.uk.

England
Our Level 3 Certificate in Financial Studies (CeFS) and Level 3 Diploma in Financial Studies (DipFS) are applied general qualifications that attract the full UCAS tariff and are equivalent to AS and A2 qualifications.

Wales
In addition to the above qualifications (CeFS and DipFS), our Level 2 Certificate in Financial Capability and Careers Development (CeFCCD) and Level 1/2 Lessons in Financial Education Certificate (LiFE Certificate) are both equivalent to a full GCSE and our Level 2 Award in Financial Education (AiFE) is equivalent to 0.5 GCSE.

If you'd like to talk to someone on the Financial Capability team about the LIBF e-test software, call on +44 (0)1227 828 234 or email fcexams@libf.ac.uk.

Once students are registered on to a qualification, your centre will gain access to our learning materials via our online platform, MyLIBF. The learning materials can be accessed by your teaching staff and registered students.

We are unable to deal with queries directly from Financial Capability students. All communications between Financial Capability students and LIBF, part of Walbrook, must come through the student’s tutors or the centre’s examination staff.