Review and decide an accreditation
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
Step by step
- Open Accreditation and Indexing Unit → Accreditation. The Awaiting decision tab is shown first.
- Press an application to open it.
- Press Start review so others can see it is being dealt with. Its status becomes Under review.
- Read the Application box: programmes, contact, inspection and inspection report. The second box shows the school or facility and its current state.
- Check the Fee box. The invoice must show Paid before you can approve.
- Press Decide.
- 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.
- 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.
