Accreditation for courses, face-to-face training, webinars, events and coaching — assessed in full against six exacting standards. That is why our badge means something.
If it develops professional competence and you can evidence it, we can assess it — one framework, applied fairly across every format.
Self-paced e-learning and structured digital programmes, mystery-shopped end to end by our assessors.
Classroom and on-site delivery, with real session observation — not just a paperwork review.
Live online sessions, summits and seminar programmes, assessed on genuine interaction — not slides read aloud.
Structured coached programmes, and employer training functions seeking Approved Centre status.
CPD in the UK is unregulated. Some accreditation is little more than an annual invoice and a badge file. We are the opposite — and because the difference is structural, you can check every claim below yourself.
| What credible accreditation requires | Other CPD providers | Our CPD standard |
|---|---|---|
| Applicants see the criteria and scoring rubric in full | Hidden or vague | ✓ The rubric you are scored on is the rubric you get |
| Assessors complete your actual course | Rarely | ✓ Always — plus live observation |
| CPD hours independently recalculated | Taken on trust | ✓ Re-derived; inflated claims fail |
| Refusal is a real outcome | Pay = pass | ✓ Refusal rate published annually |
| Fees separate from the decision | Fee buys the badge | ✓ Fee buys an assessment, not an outcome |
| Ongoing surveillance and revocation | None | ✓ Annual checks, public sanctions |
| Certificates verifiable by anyone | No register | ✓ Live register, per-certificate IDs |
Behind six plain-English standards sit 74 specific checks — summarised below, with the full set in every applicant’s hands before assessment begins. Some of those checks are essentials: miss one, and no amount of strength elsewhere — and no fee — can change the outcome.
Measurable outcomes, a credible expert sign-off process, honest CPD hours.
Competent educators, real engagement, methods that fit the outcomes.
Plain English, professionally edited, and genuinely accessible to every learner.
Tests that measure the outcomes; certificates that cannot be faked.
Feedback collected, acted on, and checked at every surveillance visit.
A real, insured, data-safe organisation making honest claims.
You will know where you stand at every stage — every issue is flagged when it is found, with the exact location and the fix required. No ambushes, no mystery scores.
See the full journeySend course access, scripts or session plans. We check it is assessable before anyone judges anything.
An assessor completes your course, observes delivery and tests your learner support for real.
CPD hours re-derived, assessments mapped to outcomes, and a second assessor confirms every score.
Accredited, or deferred once with a precise fix list and eight weeks to resolve it.
A single named activity has passed the full framework assessment. The badge applies to that activity only — never a whole catalogue by association — and links to its live register entry.
The organisation itself meets our provider standards — governance, educator competence, learner care and honest marketing — with sampled course evidence and annual surveillance.
Employers, learners, journalists — anyone can check a certificate or badge against the live register. No account needed.
Checks run against the live public register.
Read the standards, self-assess against the same rubric our assessors use, and apply when you are ready. The standard never moves — and that is exactly why it is worth meeting.
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