Policy paper

Accreditation for online education providers

What the government is doing to ensure online education providers are of the appropriate quality and meeting the correct standard.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

Details

Information about the accreditation system for full-time online education providers.

Updates to this page

Published 24 June 2021
Last updated 20 March 2023 + show all updates
  1. Updated with further information about providers can apply to join the online education accreditation scheme.

  2. Updated with information about the online education standards and guidance supporting the scheme along with further details about the rollout of the scheme.

  3. Added information on the consultation about Ofsted's role in the Online Education Accreditation Scheme.

  4. First published.

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