UK Register of Learning Providers

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The UK Register of Learning Providers (UKRLP) is a website that collects and disseminates information about schools in the United Kingdom. Registration with the site allows a school to share and update its information with organisations such as the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the Higher Education Statistics Agency, and the Skills Funding Agency. Information on the site can also be accessed by members of the public. [1] The registry was created on 1 August 2005, and lists over 30,000 learning providers. Registration is free. [2]

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The registry is operated by the Education and Skills Funding Agency, which verifies the institution exists but provides no endorsements or assurance of quality. Each registered entity is assigned a UK Provider Reference Number (UKPRN). Registration is not mandatory, but is required to obtain certain types of government funding. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ SFA Learning Records Service. "UK Register of Learning Providers". ukrlp.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  2. ↑ SFA subcontracting: using funding to offer education and training, accessed 3 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Skills Funding Agency, Subcontracting for the First Time: Seeking Written Approval from the Skills Funding Agency, accessed 3 December 2016.
  4. ↑ Skills Funding Agency, Joining the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers – Application Instructions, accessed 3 December 2016.
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