Accreditation
Recognition an institution earns rather than applies for.
Accreditation confirms a school, college or programme is running LifeCraft properly and getting results. It is assessed from what the cohort actually did. It cannot be bought, and it can be lost.
What it is assessed on
Genuine participation
Enough of the cohort actually running missions and recording observations, over enough weeks to mean something. A launch assembly is not participation.
Movement across the cohort
Readiness rising at group level over consecutive terms, which is the thing the programme exists to produce.
Consent handled properly
Families brought in individually and informed, with a clean consent record. An institution cannot accredit on the back of blanket enrolment.
Staff who can run it
Someone at the institution who understands the framework well enough to answer a parent's question without calling us.
What it is not
What accreditation covers, and what it does not.
Not a payment
There is no fee that produces a badge. Paying for seats gets you the programme, not the recognition.
Not permanent
It carries a valid until date and is reassessed. An institution that stops running the programme stops being accredited.
Not a ranking of children
It describes the institution's practice, not the character of the children in it. There is no league table here.
When accreditation opens
Accreditation levels and their validity periods are modelled in the database and the criteria above are settled. The first awards go to institutions completing their first full cycle, which is exactly what makes the recognition worth holding.