What is Self-Accreditation? How Training Providers Can Do It Right

Self-accreditation means a training provider structures and validates their own courses against recognised best practice — without paying an external body for approval. UK CPD Gold Standard framework: Aims Skills Outcomes. Contrast with CPDUK/CPD Standards Office/CPD Certification Service — these sell approval stamps with no regulatory basis. Self-accreditation is not a shortcut — it requires structured course design. Open CPD guides providers through this process. Particularly suited to independent trainers, niche academies, conference organisers. JCCP context for aesthetics. CQC/Skills for Care context for social care.

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