Accreditation and inspections

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UK Government registration

Kings Colleges in the UK are registered as independent schools with the UK Government Department for Education.

Kings Bournemouth registration number: 837/6009

Kings London registration number: 305/60009

Kings Oxford registration number: 931/6010

Ofsted inspection

Kings Oxford was inspected in April 2013 and the report was very positive.

Go to the Kings Oxford section to read the Ofsted report

Kings Bournemouth was inspected in May 2013 and the report was very positive.

Go to the Kings Bournemouth section to read the Ofsted report

HTS Status

All our UK colleges have been rated as Highly Trusted Sponsors (HTS) in the UK Border Agency list of approved sponsors.

British Council accreditation

Kings Colleges in Bournemouth, London and Oxford are accredited by the British Council. Accreditation UK, run by the British Council and English UK, is the quality assurance scheme for the UK ELT sector.

Kings Oxford was last inspected in May 2012, see a summary of the report here.

For more information, see the British Council website.

EnglishUK membership

Kings is also a member of EnglishUK, an independent organisation which works with the British Council to operate the English in Britain Accreditation Scheme. This provides students with a guarantee of high quality.

For more information see the English UK website.

Edexcel accreditation

The Kings Advanced Level Foundation is accredited by Edexcel at Level 3 of the National Qualifications Framework.