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.

13 of 426 licences in Scotland for Education, including tutoring and training

Choose from all 48 activities

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Approval and accreditation of vocational training courses (Scotland)

Approval from the Scottish Qualifications Authority for centres of learning including colleges, employers and private training providers

Scottish Government · Scotland

Education, including tutoring and training

Approval for a centre to offer qualifications (Scotland)

You must be approved by the SQA to run an education or training establishment and offer courses which lead to qualifications.

Scottish Government · Scotland

Education, including tutoring and training

Authorisation to use university in an institution's title (Scotland)

To use 'university' in an educational body's title, you must get consent from the Privy Council

Scottish Government · Scotland

Education, including tutoring and training

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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

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Independent school registration (Scotland)

You need to register with the Register of Independent Schools in Scotland to run an independent school

Scottish Government · Scotland

Education, including tutoring and training

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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

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Permission to use street or pavement space for displays (Scotland)

You must get written permission to put advertising signs or displays on the road or pavement in Scotland - fines, penalties

Your council · Scotland

Any trade

PSV (Public Service Vehicle) operator’s licence

You need a public service vehicle (PSV) operator’s licence to operate a vehicle for hire or reward (payment or payment in kind) that can …

Traffic Commissioners · England, Wales and Scotland

Any trade

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Start a nursery (Scotland)

Register with Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS) Care Inspectorate if you want to run a day nursery in Scotland.

Scottish Government · Scotland

Education, including tutoring and training · Social care childcare

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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 3 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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