Our Quality Licence Scheme recognises a provider’s commitment to high-quality courses in the non-regulated market by evaluating their quality processes and endorsing them. Our endorsement shows that the provider is committed to high quality and enables the providers to provide their learners with Certificates of Achievement and external recognition on the completion of their course.

The course you are studying is not regulated by Ofqual, the regulator for qualifications in England. The course you are studying has, however, been recognised as high-quality and meets the standards we set as part of our Quality Licence Scheme.

Your course provider will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example any progression routes into further or higher education, or any recognition from industry member bodies.

We give permission for providers to use our Quality Licence Scheme logo, which they may display on their website or relevant documents. If you are unsure, see our list of current providers, or get in touch with a member of our team.

There are no formal credit values involved in the unregulated courses provided by our Quality Licence Scheme Approved Providers. However, recognition of prior learning will be determined by the educational institution where you wish to continue your studies, so you should contact them for further information about what learning is eligible.

Your course provider will be able to advise you on any employer or industry member body recognition they may have secured.

If you complete a course with a Quality Licence Scheme provider you will receive a Certificate of Achievement. This certificate shows you have completed the course but it is not a certificate for a regulated qualification.

The course is owned by the provider and not us, so you will not find it on our website.

Our Quality Licence Scheme recognises your commitment to high-quality courses in the non-regulated market by evaluating your quality processes and endorsing you as an organisation. This demonstrates to the people you work with that you are committed to delivering a high quality of learning and your learners are able to receive an endorsed Certificate of Achievement on completion of their course.

Organisations who are seeking recognition for the first time, or who wish to transfer their current non-regulated courses from another scheme, are able to apply to become a Quality Licence Scheme Provider.

The licence fee and Certificates of Achievement are subject to VAT (from 1 September 2021).

Yes. Approved providers can inform us of any re-sellers of their courses during the application process to ensure that we can provide accurate information if we receive enquiries. Please note that the responsibility of re-sellers remains with the Provider.

Yes. We supply statements that you can build on for advertising your courses. We regularly check Provider’s websites to ensure that there is no misrepresentation, and that it is clear to prospective learners how the Scheme works.

Yes. We provide you with statements and information which explains the relationship to your learners, so they understand the difference between the regulated and non-regulated regulated qualifications, so there is no relationship between the learner’s achievement and Ofqual.

Yes. However, it is important to note that only certificates issued by us can use the Quality Licence Scheme logo.

Yes. We are able to share a sample certificate for you to use for marketing purposes and learner enquiries.

You can register any level courses, but it is the provider’s responsibility to determine what the level is, and demonstrate through the scheme’s audits, that the level has been determined through effective and appropriate benchmarking.

It is possible for courses and the unit summaries to count towards RPL, but this decision would be made by the training organisation who offers the regulated qualification.

Yes. There is a specific Quality Licence Scheme logo which can be used by providers. All providers will receive terms and conditions on how to use the logo and will need to sign an agreement that these have been understood. Providers are not permitted to use any other logos when referring to or advertising the Quality Licence Scheme.

Approving new courses is a simple, timely process which does not attract any additional costs. If you are a Provider already registered to the Quality Licence Scheme, please call Colette on 0115 854 1399 for more information.

Course hours, which indicate the time a typical learner would require in direct guidance to complete their programme of learning, are not included on the Certificate of Achievements and learner unit summaries. However, these documents do include key details relating to the course and we can provide you with an example to support your marketing and promotion of the courses.

Yes. You will need to have evidence to confirm you are registered as self-employed and be able to demonstrate all criteria within the Quality Licence Scheme standard and guiding principles.

The audits that we need to conduct as part of the scheme would be conducted at the location stated on your application form and where activity is undertaken.