Become an IQA Approved Centre with confidence.
A refined centre approval experience for training providers, colleges and organisations who want to deliver regulated qualifications with clear guidance, quality assurance and ongoing support.
Start your centre approval application
Submit your organisation information, proposed delivery areas and supporting documents for IQA review.
Begin application →Expand your qualification portfolio
Request additional programmes, update delivery scope and align your centre team with quality expectations.
Speak to IQA →Check whether a centre is recognised
Use centre verification before enrolling, partnering or promoting IQA qualifications through a provider.
Verify centre →A clear route from application to approved delivery.
The process is designed to check readiness without making the centre journey feel complicated or slow.
Submit application
Provide centre details, key contacts, proposed qualification areas and official documents.
Document review
IQA checks policies, staffing structure, assessment arrangements and learner support readiness.
Approval meeting
Clarify delivery plans, systems, centre responsibilities and quality assurance expectations.
Centre onboarding
Receive approval guidance, programme setup support and operational next steps.
Ongoing QA
Maintain centre standards through monitoring, sampling, support and annual review.
Prepared centres move faster.
Before applying, keep your organisation profile, policies, delivery team information and centre documents ready. This makes approval smoother and avoids repeated follow-ups.
Company registration
Official documentation confirming the legal identity of the centre or training provider.
Centre profile
Details of the organisation, delivery locations, website, contacts and proposed qualification scope.
Quality policies
Malpractice, appeals, complaints, assessment, internal verification and learner support procedures.
Staffing evidence
Assessor, tutor and internal quality assurance details relevant to planned delivery.
Built for consistent centre delivery.
IQA approved centres are supported with structured controls to protect learners, providers and qualification standards.
Assessment standards
Guidance to help centres deliver assessment fairly, consistently and in line with qualification requirements.
Internal verification
Clear expectations for sampling, assessor feedback, evidence review and record keeping.
External monitoring
Ongoing centre review and quality checks to ensure delivery remains compliant and learner-focused.
Centre support
Operational help for applications, approval, qualification setup, queries and centre communications.
Centre questions answered simply.
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