Provisional accreditation for schools joining a registration system
An application to accredit a registered and accredited non-government school that becomes a member of an approved system of non-government schools must be made through the approved authority for the system within six (6) months of the school becoming a member of the system. The application should be made using the relevant application and recommendation Form.
The accreditation of such a school must be provisional and the maximum period of provisional accreditation that can be granted to such schools is twelve (12) months. This is despite the school being already accredited when it becomes a member.
Provisional accreditation of schools joining a registration system allows the system authority to monitor the new member school's compliance with the accreditation requirements. Following the system's determination of the school's compliance with the accreditation requirements the approved authority may recommend that the new member school be granted full accreditation. This may occur at any time during the school's provisional accreditation period.
Evidence of compliance
The approved authority for a registration system must describe the process the approved authority has in place to determine the compliance of registered and accredited schools applying to join the system with the requirements for accreditation.