City & Guilds NPTC

About us

Specialist land-based qualifications for the industry

We offer a comprehensive range of land-based qualifications, with a strong focus on short qualifications that provide the specialist skills needed for Certificates of Competence (CoC). Many of these qualifications are essential for Licence to Practise activities or for membership in CPD registers.

Developed in collaboration with industry experts and employers, our qualifications align with today’s workforce needs, ensuring learners gain the skills that matter most.

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Delivering social impact is central to the work we do across all parts of City & Guilds

We're committed to measuring the impact we are making on people, organisations and wider society, and ensuring that we make more impact, on more people, who need it the most.

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Purpose driven

NPTC is part of City & Guilds, which was established in 1878 when the City of London Corporation and 16 Livery Companies, the trade guilds, formed the City and Guilds of London Institute (CGLI). City & Guilds has operated under a Royal Charter since 1900, it ensures we deliver on our purpose by always acting in the public interest.

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A registered charity

Our charitable status and work through our City & Guilds Foundation means we can invest our surplus into providing opportunities which focus on high-impact social investment, fund innovative solutions and remove barriers, to make a real difference in people's lives as they progress into work. This includes the NPTC fund.

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