Teaching organisations
Accreditation of the language education provider.
Quality in Language Education & Assessment
Quality you can verify.
Published requirements for language-education providers and named language examinations. Decisions state the evidence basis, exact scope, exclusions, validity and live status; qualifications and CPD are individually verifiable.
Language teaching Language testing Verifiable credentials
Public verificationcertiqual.org
Live registerOFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORD
SourceProduction database
ResponseCurrent status
CoverageScope and validity
CheckExact public code
Verified against the official live register
About Certiqual
An independent framework for quality in language education and assessment.
Discover CertiqualCertiqual is a quality and professional development organisation for the language education and assessment sector. We accredit language education providers, audit named examinations and examination bodies for the Certiqual Certi Mark, and provide verifiable qualifications and CPD for professionals.
Institutional membership and consultancy complete the ecosystem, while remaining clearly separate from accreditation and Certi Mark decisions.
Examination providers
Independent audit leading to a Certi Mark for a named examination or an examination body.
Professionals
Verifiable qualifications and CPD.
Two independent pathways
Teaching institutions. Language examinations.
Accreditation of language education providers and Certi Marks for language testing require different evidence. Certiqual keeps the pathways separate and makes every approved scope public.
Language teaching
Accreditation for Language Education Providers
Inspection of the named legal entity and every included site and mode against 12 published institutional domains.
Language testingCerti Mark for Language Testing
Eighteen published requirements across construct, validity, operations, scoring, analysis, fairness and responsible score use.
Self-assessment, documents, lesson observation, interviews, learner work and outcome data.
Validity argument, item and rater data, security, access, fairness and score-use controls.
From claim definition and standard setting to empirical validation, maintenance and change control.
Beyond quality review
An ecosystem for organisations and professionals.
Organisations may seek accreditation, a Certi Mark for a named examination or examination body, membership or consultancy. Professionals develop through qualifications and CPD.
Professional Qualifications
Advanced Glottodidactics and Advanced Language Testing and Assessment, with online-verifiable awards.
CPD
Continuing professional development for teachers, assessors, examiners and academic leaders.
Institutional Membership
Membership is reserved for organisations and remains strictly separate from accreditation.
Advisory & Consultancy
Technical support for language education and assessment systems, separated from audit and decision making.
Defined scope
Quality claims without ambiguity.
A logo cannot tell you what was assessed. A Certiqual record can. Every public decision identifies the subject, standard, boundaries, validity and current status.
How to read a scopeRecognised subjectLegal entity or named product
Applied standardStandard code · published version
Included scopeSites · languages · levels · delivery modes
Explicit exclusionEverything outside the published scope
ValidityEffective date · expiry date
Current status● Verified against the live register
The Certiqual method
Evidence before assertion.
Quality decisions should be explainable, reproducible and protected from conflicts of interest.
Published standards
Requirements, indicators and version history are visible before an organisation applies.
Evidence-based assessment
Documents, records, observation and interviews are sampled against the applicable criteria.
Independent decision
Advisory, audit and recognition decisions are separated to protect impartiality.
Assessment process
A traceable route from application to monitoring.
- 01Application
Application reference
- 02Self-assessment
Completed evidence map
- 03Audit
Evidence-based findings
- 04Corrective actions
Accepted or outstanding actions
- 05Independent decision
Reasoned decision
- 06Monitoring
Surveillance outcome
Our Network
Different marks. Precise meanings.
Institutional accreditations, Associate Members and scope-specific Certi Marks are published as separate categories and linked to their official live status.
Institutional assessment
Accredited organisations
A recognition category based on independent institutional assessment—not a membership tier.
View current directoryProfessional network
Associate Members
Network participation, clearly distinguished from provider accreditation and every Certi Mark.
View current directoryDefined testing scope
Certi Marks
Named examinations or examination bodies assessed within a precise public scope.
View current directoryOpen standards
Know the requirements before the assessment.
CQ-IA-01Language Education Provider Accreditation Standardv1.0 · CurrentCQ-EX-01Language Testing Certi Mark Standardv1.0 · Current
Browse standardsGuidance & resources
Use the system with confidence.
Technical guidanceResponsible CEFR alignment10 minTechnical guidanceEvidence in institutional inspection9 min
Explore resourcesBegin with scope
Ready to demonstrate quality?
Start with a structured eligibility review. No recognition is promised before independent assessment and decision.