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.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 24 June 2021
• Last updated: 20 March 2023
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  1. 20 March 2023

     Updated with further information about providers can apply to join the online education accreditation scheme.

  2. 31 January 2023

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

  3. 24 December 2021

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

  4. 24 June 2021

     First published.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

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Accreditation for online education providers

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