Regulatory advice 3: How to register with the Office for Students
This guidance applies to providers that make an application for registration with the Office for Students (OfS) on or after 28 August 2025.
- Ref:
- OfS 2025.52
- Date:
- 21 August 2025
Note: the regulatory framework and other regulatory advice documents are yet to be updated to incorporate these changes.
Regulatory advice 3: How to register with the Office for Students (HTML)
Regulatory advice 3: How to register with the Office for Students (PDF)
Previous versions of this guidance
Regulatory advice 3: Registration of English higher education providers with the OfS
Notice under Section 3(5) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017
Annex D: Template for producing a self-assessment on guidance on consumer protection law
Annex E: Template for a student protection plan
Annex F: Template for producing a self-assessment on management and governance arrangements
Annex I: Guidance for providers on the assessment of initial condition B8 (standards)
Annex J: Provider information template B8
Guidance for providers about the financial information required for registration
Template for financial and student numbers tables
How to submit your application for registration with the Office for Students
- Regulatory advice 3: Registration of new providers in 2019-20
- Annex C, Template for producing a self-assessment on guidance on consumer protection law
- Annex D, Template for a student protection plan
- Annex F, Template for producing a self-assessment on management and governance: new providers
- Annex G, Template for producing a self-assessment on management and governance: further education colleges and sixth form colleges
- Guidance and template for financial information required for registration with the Office for Students
- Template for financial and student numbers tables required for registration to the Office for Students, for providers regulated by DfE
- Information and instructions on how to submit your application for registration to the Office for Students
21 August 2025 - We have published a new version of the guidance.
01 August 2025 - Notice under Section 3(5) of HERA - date extended to 28 August 2025.
10 July 2025 - Minor formatting in Annex H and some hyperlinks in footnotes corrected.
02 December 2024 - We have added the notice under Section 3(5) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017.
15 December 2023 - Guidance updated for registration applications on or after 15 December 2023. Previous guidance is archived on this page.
28 July 2023 - We have published annexes I and J.
14 October 2022 - We have revised and published new guidance on how to register with the OfS.
10 September 2021 - Template for financial and student numbers tables required for registration to the Office for Students, for providers regulated by DfE updated
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