Licences and permits

The permissions a business needs before it can trade, each one tied to the law that creates it and to the body that issues it. We point at GOV.UK for fees and forms, and never copy them.

11 of 426 licences in Northern Ireland for Education, including tutoring and training

Choose from all 48 activities

A

Approval of initial teacher education programmes (Northern Ireland)

You need approval from the Department of Education to offer initial teacher education programmes

Northern Ireland Executive · Northern Ireland

Education, including tutoring and training

C

Collective worship copyright licence

You need a licence to reproduce the words of hymns or worship songs for collective worship at schools

DCMS · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Collective worship music reproduction licence

You need a licence to photocopy hymns or worship songs for collective worship at your school

DCMS · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

E

Educational Recording Agency Licence

You need a licence to use television or radio broadcast material for non-commercial educational purposes

DCMS · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Education, including tutoring and training

G

Government digital mapping data licence for academic institutions (Northern Ireland)

You need a licence to use government digital mapping data in an academic institution

Northern Ireland Executive · Northern Ireland

Education, including tutoring and training

I

Independent school registration (Northern Ireland)

If you run an independent school it must be registered with the Department of Education (DE)

Northern Ireland Executive · Northern Ireland

Education, including tutoring and training

N

Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA) educational licence

You may need a licence from the Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA) to make copies of newspaper content for teaching purposes.

DCMS · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Education, including tutoring and training · Media and broadcasting

Notification to process personal data

You must notify the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if your organisation processes personal data in an automated form

UK Government · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Any trade

R

Regulated qualification course approval (Northern Ireland)

To offer regulated qualifications in Northern Ireland, you need to register with the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA)

Northern Ireland Executive · Northern Ireland

Education, including tutoring and training

S

School special educational needs (SEN) approval (Northern Ireland)

You need approval by the Department for Education in Northern Ireland to cater for special education in a non-maintained school

Northern Ireland Executive · Northern Ireland

Education, including tutoring and training

T

TV Licence

You need a TV Licence to watch or record programmes on a TV, computer or other device as they're broadcast, and to watch on-demand …

DCMS · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Any trade

We have not yet mapped an enabling instrument for 4 licences on this list. That is a gap in our graph, not a statement about the law, and those pages say so rather than guessing.

Checking approvals more broadly?

A licence is one of several things you may need before your first day of trading. The pre-trading quick check walks the registrations, insurances and approvals alongside it.

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Not sure which of these apply to you?

Our guides on finding a licence and dealing with your local council walk through the questions that decide it.

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