British Cycling provides guidance for leaders, coaches and activity providers on the principles, requirements and environments suited to British Cycling qualifications via a qualification matrix document.

British Cycling Qualification Matrix

The qualification matrices have been developed in close cooperation with Mountain Training, British Canoeing and British Caving. It is written for MTB activities within the led rides and coached activity domains; you can follow the links below to find near identical guidance for climbing, walking and mountaineering, paddlesport and caving.

It is the hope of the four organisations that by this consistent approach we can enable participants and the public to understand more clearly our qualifications and the crucial role they play in ensuring everyone can enjoy and develop in a wide range of adventure sports with confidence. This will ensure greater consistency and understanding and avoiding out of date information that may have been used previously.

As awarding organisations and national governing bodies, we have qualifications that are recognised by the industry, providing appropriate governance and quality assurances, as well as meeting compliance requirements from the UK qualification regulators. Over many decades, we have been recognised by sport councils, stakeholders and funding partners as leading authorities in our sector.