Compliance and approval consultancy for training providers.
Practical consultancy for centres launching, expanding or tightening up their provision: awarding-organisation approvals, quality-assurance systems, policies and delivery planning from an experienced practitioner.
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Consultancy that gets you approval-ready
Awarding-organisation approval
Support with centre recognition and qualification approval applications, including the policies, evidence and systems awarding organisations expect to see.
Policies and compliance documentation
Practical, audit-ready policies and procedures tailored to your centre rather than generic templates that fall apart under scrutiny.
Quality-assurance systems
Sampling strategies, standardisation processes and IQA frameworks that keep assessment decisions consistent and defensible.
Delivery and assessment planning
Schemes of work, session plans and assessment plans mapped to qualification specifications and guided learning hours.
EQA visit preparation
Mock audits and evidence reviews so your centre approaches external quality-assurance visits with confidence.
Portfolio expansion
Planning and launching new qualifications, from feasibility and resourcing through to first-course delivery.
A clear process, from first call to completed approval
Initial conversation about your centre and goals
Review of your current systems and documentation
A clear, prioritised action plan
Hands-on support through to completion
Start Your Own Training Centre
From your first business plan to a structured centre-approval application, The Security Tutor helps you put the people, policies, systems and evidence in place to establish your own training business.
A practical, structured consultancy for new UK training providers, including security-sector training centres. We help you prepare for the requirements of your chosen awarding organisation. Approval is decided by that organisation, not by The Security Tutor.
Built for people who want to build a training business
Whether you are an experienced security professional preparing to open your first centre, an established trainer developing your own operation, or a company expanding into accredited training, getting the foundations right matters. We work with you to map the requirements, organise the evidence and prepare your centre for its chosen approval route.
Starting a training business
You are an experienced security professional preparing to open your first centre and want the foundations right from day one.
Adding an in-house training centre
Your company is expanding into accredited training for its own workforce or customers.
Expanding your qualification offer
You are moving into SIA licence-linked and related qualifications and need to prepare for the applicable approval route.
A clear route from idea to approval readiness
Indicative programme of four to six weeks, conditional on your evidence, availability and any third-party timelines. This is not an approval timescale.
Discovery & feasibility
Define your proposed courses, customers, premises, budget and operating model. Receive an initial readiness action plan.
Approval requirements
Map the centre and qualification approval requirements of your chosen awarding organisation.
Policies & quality assurance
Develop a centre-specific core document pack, including assessment, IQA, complaints, appeals and other relevant controls.
People, premises & resources
Review staff competence evidence, facilities, equipment and course resources; identify gaps.
Application preparation
Organise your evidence and administrative workflows, ready for your own centre application.
Final readiness review
Receive one structured desktop review, an outstanding-actions list and agreed initial query-response support.
All policies must be reviewed, adopted and implemented by the client. The consultancy does not replace ongoing centre governance or quality assurance.
Know exactly what your investment covers
Included
- Structured discovery consultation
- Tailored approval checklist
- Customised core centre documentation pack and register
- Competence and resources gap analysis
- Application-preparation guidance
- One final readiness review and agreed initial query support
Not included
- Awarding-organisation fees
- Staff qualifications
- Facilities and insurance
- Specialist equipment
- Third-party services
- Repeated inspections or appeals
- Site visits or additional qualifications unless separately agreed
One clear consultancy fee
£2,900
one-off · VAT treatment confirmed in your written proposal
£1,450 before work starts
£1,450 on delivery of the agreed draft documentation and readiness pack
Your fee covers the agreed scope for one business and one proposed centre. We define the initial qualifications in your written agreement. Awarding-organisation and other external costs are separate.
Practical guidance grounded in the training industry
The Security Tutor is led by James Willcock, whose background spans the British Armed Forces, private security, teaching and training development. Our focus is on realistic processes, organised evidence and a training centre that can operate the policies it adopts.
James Willcock, Founder, The Security Tutor
Common questions
Ready to take the next step?
Tell us about your proposed centre and the courses you want to offer. We'll review your enquiry and explain the proposed consultancy scope, next steps and any important exclusions.
The Security Tutor provides consultancy and approval-readiness support. Centre and qualification approval decisions are made by the relevant awarding organisation.
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