Review and decide an accreditation

6 min Accreditation and Indexing Unit staff

Start the review, check the inspection and fee, then approve, approve with conditions, defer or reject.

What you will learn

  • Open an application from the list
  • Mark it as under review
  • Record the decision with an end date
  • Know when you can’t approve yet
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One application: details on the left, the fee and history on the right.
One application: details on the left, the fee and history on the right.

Step by step

  1. Open Accreditation and Indexing Unit → Accreditation. The Awaiting decision tab is shown first.
  2. Press an application to open it.
  3. Press Start review so others can see it is being dealt with. Its status becomes Under review.
  4. Read the Application box: programmes, contact, inspection and inspection report. The second box shows the school or facility and its current state.
  5. Check the Fee box. The invoice must show Paid before you can approve.
  6. Press Decide.
  7. Choose the decision:
    • Approve: meets the standards. Enter Accredited until.
    • Approve with conditions: approved, with things to fix. Enter Accredited until and the Conditions.
    • Defer: you need more before deciding. Say What is needed.
    • Reject: does not meet the standards. Give the Reason.
  8. Press Record decision. The contact person is told by email.

What you will see

  • After approval, the school or facility shows as Accredited on the register until the date you gave.
  • A deferred application moves to the Deferred tab with a note Deferred: more information needed. When the details come in, press Edit to add them, then Resubmit.
  • Conditions show at the top of the application in Conditions of approval.
  • If the fee isn’t paid, the decision box warns The fee isn’t paid.

Check yourself

Pick an answer for each question, then press Check my answers. Nothing is saved or sent.

1 The fee invoice is not paid. Can you approve?
2 Which decision needs a list of conditions?