How registration works
There are two things being assessed, and they happen in that order. First the organisation, then the learning it delivers. Registering the organisation is free, because it would be unreasonable to charge you before we have told you whether your learning is in scope at all.
Register your organisation
Tell us who you are and what you deliver, using the form below. Registration checks who operates the organisation, what it publishes, and that its advertising describes accreditation accurately. There is no fee for this stage.
Organisation assessment
We look at the fundamentals: that you have named accountability for learning, that you retain learner records, and that you can evidence the competence of whoever delivers your learning. This is what makes you ready to have individual activities assessed.
Submit your activities
Once registered, submit the courses, webinars, podcasts, edutorials or events you want accredited. Each one is assessed on its own merits against the Standards, and each one gets its own reference.
Decision and listing
Accredited activities are published on the register with their reference and accreditation period, and you receive a licence to display the mark on those activities.
Stay current
Complete the annual review, report material changes before you deliver the changed version, and renew at the end of each accreditation period.
What we accredit
Accreditation attaches to a specific learning activity, not to your organisation as a whole. That is deliberate: it stops an organisation wide badge implying that everything you sell has been reviewed.
Courses
Taught programmes delivered in person, live online or self paced, from a single session to a multi day programme.
Webinars
Single session live online events, with CPD credits and certificates for attendees.
Podcasts
Audio and video series where the learning is structured and the outcomes are assessable.
Edutorials
Written publications and article series that carry CPD minutes for readers.
Events and conferences
Whole events or individual sessions within a programme, assessed session by session.
Trainers
Individuals who deliver learning, assessed on evidenced subject competence rather than on the activity.
What you need before applying
You do not need documentation ready to register. You will need these things before individual activities can be assessed, so it is worth knowing now.
- Learning outcomes for each activity, written specifically enough that a learner can tell whether they achieved them.
- Evidence of the subject competence of whoever delivers the learning. Biographies alone are not usually enough.
- A way of showing that learners achieved the outcomes, not only that they attended. This is where most applications need rework.
- A named person accountable for each accredited activity, who is our point of contact for the annual review.
- A complaints route for learners.
What you receive
- An entry on the public register, searchable by name and by reference.
- An assessment report for each activity, setting out the outcome against every domain of the Standards. You receive the full report, not a summary.
- A unique accreditation reference for each accredited activity.
- A licence to display the accreditation mark on those activities, in the form set out under using the accreditation mark.
- Certificate wording that distinguishes completion from achievement.
What accreditation is not. CPD Accredited is an independent accreditation body. We are not a government department, a statutory regulator, or an awarding organisation. Accreditation confirms that a learning activity has been assessed against the CPD Accreditation Standards. It does not confer a regulated qualification, and it does not replace any requirement set by a professional body or statutory regulator.
Application form
Registration is free. We acknowledge applications within five working days and tell you which route applies to what you deliver.