How we check things

Listings

Registers and directories (Ableton's certified training directory, the Ofqual register, the Office for Students register) tell us a school exists and what it claims. Nothing goes on a listing from those sources alone: every published detail is re-checked against the school's own pages, and the listing shows the date that happened.

Accreditation claims

Accreditation lapses. A badge on a school's homepage can outlive the certification behind it, so every accreditation we show carries the date we checked it, and where a school's claim and the accreditor's directory disagree, we say so on the listing.

Reviews

First-person reviews cover courses we have actually taken, and say which course and when. Researched reviews cover everything else, open by stating we haven't taken the course, and cite named sources for every claim. We never write "students say" without naming where that came from.

Money

Where a school or platform pays a referral commission and we link to it, that's disclosed on the page. Commissions never change a verdict or a listing's position.