Why choose IVQAA?

We can approve organizations such as colleges, schools, training providers or employers as approved centres. As an approved centre you will be able to deliver our qualifications.

At IVQAA we are committed to supporting our centres to provide the best service possible to their learners. To ensure this happens we have certain quality assurance and finance checks we must undertake before your organization can become an IVQAA approved centre. Before starting our Centre Approval process please consider the information below.

Quality Assurance. We can approve organizations such as colleges, schools, training providers or employers as approved centres. As an approved centre you will be able to deliver our qualifications.

All centres are responsible and accountable for their quality assurance.

Centres must have capacity to manage quality assurance; this includes assessment of learners and internal quality assurance.

Centres must have an individual(s) who is competent to complete internal quality assurance checks (or is willing to undertake training).

Centres must have policies/strategies in place that cover the following areas:

Equality and Diversity – this may also include links to other policies such as disability discrimination etc

Safeguarding – this could include Health and Safety, Child Protection etc

Assessment

Internal quality assurance

Fair Assessment

Appeals

Complaints

Malpractice and maladministration – this could link to other associated policies such as plagiarism

Data Protection – or statement

Conflict of interest

If this is not currently the case you will be asked to prepare policies in these areas to enable your centre approval application to progress.

Finance

You must ensure sufficient budget to gain and maintain IVQAA centre status and all associated accreditation costs.

If you are accessing funding to gain centre approval, you must be able to provide evidence of the funding to IVQAA.

The centre approval process will review your management systems, staff and resources (both physical and financial) to determine your ability to deliver, assess and quality assure across IVQAA unit(s)/qualification(s). Evidence to support this will be requested by our team.

For more information or if you would like to discuss applying for centre approval, please contact us.