{"id":46066,"date":"2026-07-10T12:54:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/get-daily\/?p=46066"},"modified":"2026-07-10T13:01:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:01:54","slug":"biiab-ofqual-security-qualifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/get-daily\/biiab-ofqual-security-qualifications\/","title":{"rendered":"BIIAB Stopped From Taking New Security Learners: What It Means If You’re Mid-Course"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you recently booked a door supervisor course through a BIIAB-approved centre, check your paperwork today. Ofqual has issued a formal Direction stopping BIIAB Qualifications Limited from registering new learners<\/a> on a set of security qualifications, and the SIA has removed the affected BIIAB courses from its course finder. It’s a targeted intervention, but one that matters for anyone chasing an SIA licence<\/a> through a BIIAB route.<\/p>\n

The short version: if you registered on an affected BIIAB course on or before 2 July 2026, you can complete it. If you were about to be registered, you can’t be. And if you’ve paid a deposit but weren’t registered with BIIAB before that date, you’re in a grey zone that needs sorting now.<\/p>\n

What Ofqual Has Done<\/h3>\n

On 2 July 2026, Ofqual<\/a> issued a Direction to BIIAB Qualifications Limited under section 151 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (ref Ofqual\/26\/7349), announced publicly on 9 July. It stops BIIAB registering new learners on a number of specified private security qualifications, while allowing anyone already registered on or before 2 July to complete theirs under strict controls.<\/p>\n

Ofqual said it acted after serious concerns emerged about how BIIAB was delivering door supervisor and security qualifications. The step builds on earlier controls Ofqual placed on BIIAB in September 2025, and the restrictions stay in place until BIIAB demonstrates to Ofqual’s satisfaction that it’s compliant.<\/p>\n

One important caveat on the detail: Ofqual has said it will not publish the full legal Direction, because some of its requirements are sensitive. The public notice on gov.uk confirms the action but does not list the individual qualifications. According to trade reporting (FE Week), the affected qualifications are BIIAB’s Level 2 door supervisor award, its door supervisor refresher, and its Level 2 security officer award \u2014 but since there’s no official published list, don’t rely on the qualification title alone. Confirm directly with your training provider which BIIAB qualification you’re booked on.<\/p>\n

The SIA’s Position<\/h3>\n

The SIA welcomed Ofqual’s action and, working with Ofqual, removed the affected BIIAB courses from its course finder tool. Its executive director of licensing and standards framed it as protecting the integrity of the SIA licence and the mandated entry-level training operatives must complete.<\/p>\n

This sits within the SIA’s wider enforcement drive, Operation RESOLUTE, which targets poor standards among commercial training providers. In the last month alone the SIA carried out 24 unannounced inspections at training centres across England, with Ofqual inspectors joining some of those visits.<\/p>\n

BIIAB remains listed as an accepted awarding body in the SIA’s qualifications guidance on gov.uk, and Ofqual has protected existing learners’ right to complete. If you already hold or are completing a BIIAB certificate, confirm current acceptance against the SIA’s qualifications guidance before you rely on it \u2014 and if you’re booking anything new, check the awarding body first.<\/p>\n

What This Means If You’re Mid-Course<\/h3>\n

Learners registered on an affected BIIAB course on or before 2 July 2026 can complete their qualification. If that’s you, three things matter:<\/p>\n