Timeline for Is a high school with an Ofsted rating of "requires improvement" or "inadequate" an accredited institution for the purpose of a study visa
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| Jul 17 at 4:02 | history | migrated | from travel.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Jul 17 at 1:07 | answer | added | Henry | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 16 at 14:46 | comment | added | MJeffryes | A Ofsted rating of inadequate or requires improvement cannot be compared to accreditation being withdrawn. It is not the same. Schools in such a situation are still allowed to continue teaching students. I have no idea as to the actual answer of the question, but I don't think it is obviously the same situation. | |
| Jul 16 at 10:31 | comment | added | Traveller | Why is it likely to be different for online? Only accredited providers are eligible to enrol visa students. If the accreditation is withdrawn/suspended, logically it follows that the provider is no longer ‘listed’ as a provider for visa purposes (however, if the provider is ‘under review’ they can still remain listed). I can’t find details for Ofsted right now, but see eg s2.4 of the British Council accreditation handbook. They can be ‘allowed to operate’ but ineligible to enrol visa students | |
| Jul 16 at 8:42 | comment | added | James K | It's likely to be different from online, since the accrediation of online providers is specifically about "accrediation for visas" but the ratings "requires improvement" etc is a general ofsted rating, and not specifically about student visas. The website above only mentions "listed" by ofsted. A school can be inspected, and listed as requiring improvements, but still allowed to operate. I'd like clear description of what "listed" really means for normal schools. | |
| Jul 16 at 7:59 | comment | added | Traveller | If this description of the process for accrediting online education providers is the same as for in-person providers, I’d say the answer is Yes, it would not get / would lose its accreditation. The page says that providers that do not meet all of the standards will not normally be accredited. | |
| Jul 16 at 7:08 | history | asked | James K | CC BY-SA 4.0 |