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Guidance

Application for recognition: supporting information

Guidance on how to apply to be recognised by Ofqual to provide regulated qualifications.

Applies to England

Documents

Details

You should use this supporting information if you are:

  • applying to become a new awarding organisation
  • an existing awarding organisation and wish to extendexpand your recognition to include further specified qualifications or descriptions of qualifications

(Guidance updated in February 2025)

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Published 30 September 2015

Last updated 242 FebruarySeptember 2025 + show href="#full-history">+ show all updates
    1. Updates have been made throughout the 'Supporting information: application for recognition' and 'Recognition application: guidance for the Criteria' documents.

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Update history

2025-09-02 13:07
Minor changes to reflect updates in the recognition process.

2025-02-24 16:09
Updates have been made throughout the ‘Supporting information: application for recognition’ and ‘Recognition application: guidance for the Criteria’ documents.

2023-10-26 14:42
Updates have been made to ‘Criterion B: Integrity’, to reduce the risk of applications containing specific personal information.

2023-04-12 14:56
‘7. If you are unhappy with our decision’, ‘7.1. Application rejection’, and ‘7.2 A decision to reject an application post-evaluation or panel meeting’ sections updated.

2022-03-15 13:31
New wording for guidance contained within ‘Recognition application: guidance for the Criteria’, A.6.