Approval to Deliver an Open College Network Qualification:
Delivering a new qualification with Open College Network West Midlands is a straightforward and supported process. There is a simple approval process to complete:
Existing Recognised Centre?
Please familiarise yourself with the associated qualification guide(s) to ensure that your centre can provide the evidence that demonstrates your organisation can meet the specified requirments. This includes requirements to teach, assess and internally quality assure the qualification.
Once you have gained approval to deliver a qualification, the next step is to create your new course(s) so that you can register your learners. Please refer to our
'Creating New Courses' page for guidance on how to do this.
New Customer?
For organisations wanting to become an Open College Network West Midlands approved Centre, simply complete and submit our Centre Recognition Application form. O
ur Becoming a Centre page provides guidance on how to do this.
Where we can, we will approve all qualifications required at the outset as part of our Centre Recognition process.
Please note that there is a separate qualification approval process for Centres who want to deliver the new refermed Functional Skills qualifications, which we can offer from Entry Level through to Level 2.