ICEQC-ORG-2220 — School-Based International Programme Delivery Quality Applicability Module

This document specifies additional education-quality requirements for a bounded international section or coherent school-based international programme selected under profile IS-P1 or IS-P2 of ICEQC-ORG-2200.

The certification object is the accountable education organization within its confirmed scope. This document does not authorize a curriculum or confer governmental permission, accreditation, qualification recognition or an examination result. It establishes no score, ranking, grade, star or award level.

For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions in ICEQC-QF-1000, ICEQC-ORG-2200 and the following terms apply.

conformity (C): fulfilment of the complete applicable requirement, demonstrated by verified evidence.

nonconformity (NC): failure to fulfil an applicable requirement, established by a verified fact.

confirmed non-applicability (NA): verified absence of the expressly stated application condition, approved and recorded by ICEQC.

evidence limitation: a gap or contradiction that prevents a reliable conclusion about fulfilment or applicability. An evidence limitation is unresolved evidence, rather than a conformity conclusion.

The certification object remains the accountable education organization and the exact bounded provision confirmed under ICEQC-ORG-2000 and ICEQC-ORG-2200.

The host school's material shared controls remain within the assessment boundary wherever they affect the bounded provision.

This Module is required for a K–12 international section or school-based international programme confirmed under Route IS-P.

It shall not be used to describe the complete host school as an international school unless Route IS-W is separately and completely fulfilled.

It shall not apply to a curriculum product, isolated course, examination-entry service, short preparatory class or extracurricular activity that does not satisfy the bounded programme conditions in ICEQC-ORG-2200.

The applicable education-organization Foundation requirements, ICEQC-ORG-2000, ICEQC-ORG-2010, ICEQC-ORG-2110, ICEQC-ORG-2200 and every applicable ICEQC-QF-1000 requirement continue to apply in the controlling editions identified in clause 2 and ICEQC-ORG-2200, Annex G.

Both profiles use the same conformity requirements, with evidence and scope proportionate to their organizational boundaries.

A profile is not a separate certification or quality level.

ICEQC-ORG-2000, ICEQC-ORG-2010, ICEQC-ORG-2110, ICEQC-ORG-2200 and every applicable ICEQC-QF-1000 requirement continue to apply in the controlling editions identified by ICEQC-ORG-2200 Annex G.

This Module does not replace or reduce the host school's applicable governance, safeguarding, education, information or improvement obligations.

Annex E identifies the principal source requirements specialized by this Module. A mapped clause shall be assessed as the bounded-programme application of the cited source requirement. The source conclusion and the additional Module conclusion shall both be established, while the same evidence may be used where it remains sufficient and traceable.

ICEQC does not prescribe, authorize, approve or rank the substantive curriculum, qualification, examination, language, national education model or subject content delivered through the programme.

Assessment addresses whether the responsible school controls programme implementation and accurately represents the authority and outcomes it holds.

This Module does not grant or replace government permission, programme-owner authorization, awarding-body recognition, examination-centre status, institutional or programme accreditation, credit equivalence or trademark permission.

This Module creates no score, rank, grade, star, tier, award or comparative position.

A single controlled record may support more than one requirement where it is current, sufficient and traceable.

Duplicate documents are not required solely to mirror clause numbers.

Clauses 13 to 38 are additional assessment units. Their application and non-applicability conditions are specified in Annex A. A final conclusion shall address the complete applicable clause. An unresolved evidence limitation shall not be converted automatically into C, NC or NA.

A positive conclusion for a clause in this Module does not correct or override NC or an unresolved evidence limitation under a source requirement identified in Annex E.

The organization shall define the programme or section name, profile, educational purpose, learner groups, grades, sites, delivery modes, languages, curriculum pathway, operating period, entry and completion boundaries and material exclusions.

The specification shall identify the host school, responsible operator, programme title, profile IS-P1 or IS-P2, learners, grades, sites, delivery modes, entry and completion points and exclusions. Shared activities shall be identified separately from activities controlled by the programme.

The programme register, learner enrolment records, timetable and public description shall reconcile to the specification. A change of name or provider shall not be used to extend the assessed boundary without review.

The accountable school shall define and exercise final authority for educational quality, learner protection, personnel, assessment, records, complaints, public claims and corrective action throughout the programme. A programme owner, investor, brand, agent or external manager shall not override that responsibility or prevent a required correction.

The host governing authority shall approve the delegation to programme leadership and retain authority over safeguarding, legal compliance, records and continuity. The delegation shall identify decisions the programme may take and matters requiring host-school approval.

A disagreement between host and programme personnel shall have an escalation route and interim protection arrangements. A commercial operator or programme owner shall not prevent the school from taking a necessary learner-protection or corrective action.

The organization shall appoint responsible programme leadership and shall define its authority, competence, time, resources and interface with school governance, academic leadership, safeguarding, finance, admissions and learner support.

The interface record shall assign responsibility for admissions, teaching, assessment, language support, safeguarding, complaints, data and financial commitments. For a shared service it shall identify the service owner, response expectations and escalation.

Programme and host-school leadership shall review unresolved interface failures and the effect of resource changes. Records shall show the action agreed, person responsible and verification of completion. A task shall not be left unassigned because it crosses organizational boundaries.

The organization shall define the programme's intended learners, educational purpose, planned outcomes, duration, sequence, progression, completion and realistic next-step pathways.

The programme specification shall state learning outcomes, subject or domain sequence, teaching time, assessment, prerequisites and completion conditions. A learner shall be able to identify the next stage and any condition affecting access to it.

For profile IS-P2, the programme shall comprise at least two coordinated subjects or learning domains within a coherent pathway. An isolated course, language lesson or examination-entry service shall not be represented as a programme meeting that profile.

The organization shall demonstrate how the international education model is materially integrated into programme governance, curriculum, teaching, assessment, learner support and public information.

The declared international purpose shall be linked to curriculum content, teaching, learner experience and expected outcomes within the bounded provision. The link shall be demonstrable through current plans and learner work.

Programme review shall distinguish sustained educational implementation from a title, event, imported textbook or external brand. Where a claimed feature cannot be demonstrated, the programme shall correct its description and determine whether the route remains applicable.

The organization shall maintain a controlled map of programme content, learning time, assessment, host-school requirements, local obligations and interfaces with the learner's wider school timetable and completion conditions.

The programme shall map its requirements against the host-school timetable, statutory curriculum, calendar and assessment arrangements. It shall identify which body records completion and how shared learning contributes to each pathway.

Before implementation, leadership shall resolve omitted content, duplicate obligations, timetable conflicts and excessive assessment demand. Any exemption shall identify the approving authority and learners covered. Participation in the international programme shall not be treated as an exemption from a host requirement without a valid basis.

The organization shall approve, communicate and control curriculum, syllabus, assessment, calendar, provider, authorization, staffing, resource and completion-rule changes affecting current or prospective learners.

A change proposal shall identify affected cohorts, educational consequences, prerequisites, staffing, resources, external authorization and completion commitments. Host-school approval shall be obtained where a shared obligation is affected.

Bridging, alternative delivery or teach-out arrangements shall be approved before the change takes effect. Families shall receive material information in time to make a decision. The programme shall review actual delivery against the revised plan and correct gaps affecting continuing learners.

The organization shall provide accurate admission and eligibility information and shall use transparent, age-appropriate and reviewable placement decisions based on sufficient prior-learning, language and support information.

Entry criteria shall state prior-learning, age or grade, language and support information required, the decision authority and review route. Criteria shall be disclosed before enrolment commitments are accepted.

Incomplete or unfamiliar prior records shall be assessed through a documented method rather than assumed equivalent. Provisional placement shall identify support and a review date. An exception shall retain its reasons, approval and arrangements for access to the complete programme.

Before using an automated system for admission, placement, progression or learner support, the programme shall verify its suitability for the purpose and learner population. An authorized person shall review consequential outputs, explain and correct the resulting decision. The learner or family shall have access to the applicable review route.

The organization shall control entry from another system, movement between host-school and international pathways, withdrawal, completion and transfer so that learning continuity, records, safeguarding and realistic alternatives are preserved.

A learner changing between the host pathway and international programme shall receive a review of completed content, credit, assessment and progression requirements. Agreed bridging work shall identify the responsible educator and completion check.

Exit information shall distinguish completed, pending and unverified learning. Record transmission shall use an authorized recipient and secure method. The programme shall explain limits on recognition by a receiving school or awarding body and shall retain the basis for any equivalence claim.

The organization shall allocate and protect learning time, qualified personnel, programme leadership, facilities, technology, learning resources, support capacity and financial resources sufficient for the declared programme and learner population. Material dependence on tuition, enrolment, currency, external fees, owner funding or a single provider shall be identified and controlled.

Resource planning shall reconcile programme enrolment and the actual timetable with educator availability, specialist rooms, equipment and host-school allocations. Shared facilities shall have agreed access and arrangements for conflicting demands.

The programme shall record lost teaching time, staff absence or unavailable resources and approve recovery or substitute arrangements. A resource available only in a proposal or at another unassessed site shall not be counted as available for current learners.

The organization shall verify educator competence for assigned age, subject, curriculum, teaching language, assessment and learner-support responsibilities and shall identify any external role requirement on which programme operation depends.

Role requirements shall identify the subject, language, assessment and programme-specific competence needed before assignment. Where an external owner requires training or approval, the programme shall verify the person, role, scope and current status.

Induction and continuing review shall address actual teaching, assessment judgments, learner support and safeguarding. An identified competence gap shall have supervision, development and review arrangements. Changes of personnel shall include a handover of plans, learner needs and assessment responsibilities.

The organization shall translate the approved programme into planned teaching and shall monitor implementation, learner engagement, differentiation, feedback and alignment with declared outcomes.

Teaching plans shall connect intended learning, selected activities, resources, assessment and adjustments for the learners concerned. Delivery shall be checked against learner work, feedback and direct evidence of teaching practice.

Programme leadership shall act on repeated gaps between planned and delivered learning and verify the effect of the action. Use of an external framework or prepared resource shall not replace review of whether learners can access and achieve the programme's outcomes.

The organization shall identify and address language barriers affecting curriculum access, assessment, safeguarding, participation and family understanding throughout the programme.

Language assessment shall distinguish subject knowledge from proficiency in the instructional language. A support plan shall state the need, adjustments, responsible personnel, review date and criteria for changing or ending support.

Programme and host-school educators shall agree their respective duties and exchange the information needed to implement support. Learners and families shall have access to essential assessment, safeguarding and complaint information. English publication of this standard does not require English-medium teaching.

The organization shall define and control each assessment purpose, criterion, grading scale, administration, moderation, academic-integrity risk, decision, access arrangement and report within its responsibility. Controls shall address unauthorized assistance, translation or editing, impersonation, plagiarism, contract work, inappropriate use of generative or automated tools, conflicts of interest and authenticity of internally generated marks or predictions.

Assessment rules shall state criteria, permitted assistance, access arrangements, moderation, reporting and review of disputed judgments. Shared or converted grades shall retain the source scale, conversion method and limitations.

Issued results shall be traceable to learner work, original judgment, moderation and authorized amendments. Predictions shall identify their method and evidence. Rules for translation and AI assistance shall specify permitted use and authorship verification; an automated suspicion score alone shall not establish misconduct.

A learner shall have an opportunity to respond to an integrity allegation and request review of a disputed result. Review shall be assigned without a material conflict. A confirmed failure shall lead to correction of affected records and review of other results exposed to the same control failure.

The organization shall maintain accurate learner and programme records. Reports, transcripts, predicted results, credit and completion records and school profiles shall identify the issuer, programme, status, grading or credit basis, dates, decision authority and limitations. A school-issued record shall be distinguishable from an external award. Any conversion, equivalence or transfer statement shall state its basis and responsible decision-maker.

Programme and host-school records shall identify the learner, programme, period, assessed learning, credit and issuer. An internal completion record shall be distinguishable from an external qualification, examination result or authorization.

The programme shall control record access, issue and correction. A correction shall preserve the original, reason, approval and date and shall be communicated to a recipient where reliance could be affected. Duplicate records held by different parties shall be reconciled.

The programme shall identify authorized access, retention periods and the basis for retention of learner information. External processing and cross-border disclosure shall identify purpose, recipients, applicable safeguards and responsibility for incident response, return or deletion. Sensitive information shall be used only in a service approved for that purpose and information.

Access and correction requests and suspected information loss, unauthorized disclosure or alteration shall have assigned response responsibilities. The programme shall record containment, learner effects, required notification and recovery. Essential records shall remain available during system outage, provider exit or closure, subject to lawful access conditions.

Where the organization claims or relies upon external programme authorization, registration, candidacy, affiliation, licence or support, it shall maintain accurate and current evidence of holder, programme, site, status, period, responsibilities and limitations.

The relationship record shall identify the authorized legal entity, programme, sites, grades, permitted marks and claims, validity, conditions and review responsibility. The programme shall verify material status directly with the owner or an authoritative register.

An expiry, restriction, suspension or termination shall trigger review of current learners, continuation rights, communication and claims. A host school's authorization shall not be assumed to cover a separately operated programme or site.

The organization shall control its responsibilities for learner eligibility, entry, identity, access arrangements, preparation information, secure administration, incidents, results and appeals involving an external assessment or award.

The programme shall assign responsibility for entry accuracy, identity, access arrangements, assessment security, invigilation, incidents, results and appeals. Where an external centre performs a function, the agreement shall identify the centre, function and limits.

Entries and results shall be reconciled to learner records. A loss of centre or awarding arrangements shall be escalated before learners lose an entry, assessment or appeal opportunity. The programme shall not represent its internal record as an externally awarded qualification.

The organization shall identify and respond to academic, language, disability, wellbeing, belonging, transition and other participation needs throughout the bounded programme and its interface with the host school.

Host and programme personnel shall agree support responsibilities, referral routes and access to specialist help. An individual arrangement shall state adjustments, responsibility, review and evidence of effectiveness.

Learners shall have an accessible route to report bullying, exclusion or distress. Serious or persistent concerns shall be escalated to a person with authority to act. Support limits shall be disclosed accurately and shall not be used to leave an enrolled learner without an agreed continuation or transition arrangement.

The host school and programme leadership shall maintain one coherent safeguarding system covering programme personnel, external educators, digital communication, imagery, trips, concerns, referrals and authorized family contact. A competent designated safeguarding lead, governing oversight, role-specific conduct expectations, suitable background-check method and current local reporting or referral interface shall cover the bounded programme.

The host-school safeguarding system shall identify programme personnel, external providers, digital contact and out-of-hours activity within its coverage. Reporting information shall be accessible to programme learners and families in the forms they need.

An allegation involving programme leadership, the host leadership or an owner shall be referred outside the subject's control. Immediate protection, local referral and restricted records shall be maintained across the interface. Case handover shall identify the receiving person and any outstanding action; contractual disputes shall not delay protection.

The designated lead and governing oversight shall have absence arrangements. Before unsupervised access, the school shall verify suitability of programme and agency personnel and record unresolved check limitations and restrictions. Where no actual case exists, a current exercise shall test the reporting, referral and host-programme handover routes.

Before commitment and throughout participation, the organization shall provide understandable and accurate information about programme identity, curriculum, authorization status, teaching language, duration, workload, assessment, completion, recognition dependencies, fees, refunds, support, changes, complaints, appeals and protected reporting. Essential translations shall be controlled for accuracy, version and precedence, and good-faith use of a complaint or protected reporting route shall not result in retaliation.

Before commitment, the programme shall disclose the responsible contracting entity, school tuition and programme charges, included services, external examination costs, refund rules, support limits and complaint routes. It shall identify which party holds and returns each payment.

Material changes shall be notified before they affect family decisions. Translated information shall identify the controlling contract and preserve material terms. School and programme charges shall not be described as ICEQC certification charges; ICEQC certification activities remain free of charge.

The organization shall ensure that claims and guidance concerning progression, admission, credit, recognition, examination performance and learner destination are current, source-based, appropriately limited and do not guarantee an external decision.

Advice shall identify the current source for prerequisites, credit, recognition and entry conditions and distinguish verified conditions from estimates or historical examples. Conflicts of interest and referral benefits shall be disclosed.

An application, offer, acceptance and enrolment shall be recorded separately. The programme shall correct a misleading destination claim and assess its effect on families that relied on it. It shall not guarantee a completion, recognition, visa or admission decision reserved to an external authority.

The organization shall retain accountable control where another entity supplies curriculum, teaching, assessment, technology, recruitment, counselling, travel or learner support material to the programme.

Provider agreements shall define the educational function, competence, safeguarding, data, records, monitoring, correction and exit responsibilities. The host school shall retain access to evidence and authority to protect learners.

Monitoring shall verify actual provision, including shared services and subcontractors, and shall follow up complaints or performance failures. A provider change shall include learner continuity, record transfer and communication. Outsourcing shall not transfer the host school's accountability.

The organization shall evaluate participation, progress, attainment, experience, wellbeing, continuation, completion, transfer and destination information for the programme and shall implement controlled improvement action. Analysis shall address material differences by language profile, entry route, host-school or international pathway, disability or support and mobility where lawful and reasonably possible.

Results shall use defined cohorts, periods and denominators and account for withdrawals, pathway changes and missing outcomes. Programme results shall be distinguishable from whole-school and external awarding-body results.

Leadership shall review differences across subjects, sites and learner groups where evidence permits reliable interpretation. Actions shall identify responsibility, resources, intended effects and review dates. Completion of an action shall be distinguished from evidence that it improved the identified condition.

The organization shall maintain funded and controlled arrangements to protect current learners where a programme, pathway, authorization, site or material partnership is suspended, discontinued, lost or closed, or where border restriction, civil or health emergency, sudden staff loss, currency disruption or technology failure materially threatens completion.

The host school shall approve arrangements for teach-out or transfer, external assessments, record custody, learner support, family communication and applicable refunds. The plan shall identify the decision authority, triggers and responsible parties.

Termination of a provider contract or external status shall be assessed against those arrangements before implementation. Families shall receive accurate options and limitations. Records needed for progression or an appeal shall remain accessible through an identified custodian after the programme ends.

Readiness shall be reviewed when a material dependency or commitment changes. The host school shall test whether the selected response can be resourced and implemented, including communication and access to essential records. The absence of previous closure or disruption shall not be used to omit this review.

The organization shall describe ICEQC certification only for the exact programme or section, grades, learners, sites, modes and validity period shown in the public register.

Public descriptions shall name the host school, bounded section or programme, included grades, sites and modes and material exclusions. The programme shall check admissions agents and providers using its name for consistency with that boundary.

A certificate or mark shall not imply that the entire host school, an external curriculum or an unrelated provider is certified. Changed or unsupported claims shall be corrected and the affected communication channels recorded.

The organization shall maintain a current budget and resource plan sufficient to deliver the bounded programme and protect commitments to current learners. It shall identify and control material dependence on enrolment, programme fees, currency, owner or host-school subsidy, external programme or examination fees, a single provider and planned expansion.

The host governing authority shall review the resources needed to deliver current programme commitments, including shared resources, personnel, external fees, learner support and exit obligations. The review shall identify funding and provider dependencies and conditions requiring early action.

A material shortfall shall trigger a resourced continuation or transition decision and timely family communication. The school shall retain the basis for that decision and review its implementation. No uniform financial ratio or school fee level is prescribed by this requirement.

The assessment plan shall apply Annex B and shall include shared host-school controls and independently selected samples of learners, educators, assessments, transitions, outcomes, claims and external relationships.

Evidence shall allow the bounded programme conclusion to be distinguished from unassessed host-school activities.

A final conclusion of C, NC or confirmed NA shall be recorded only after the necessary facts are established. An unresolved evidence limitation shall remain open and shall prevent a positive decision for the affected scope.

A positive decision is prohibited while any applicable requirement is NC, any nonconformity remains open or the evidence limitation prevents a reliable bounded-scope conclusion.

The certificate and public register may identify this Module only for the exact international section or school-based international programme completely assessed under its effective version.

The Route IS-P descriptor controlled by ICEQC-ORG-2200 shall be used and shall not be shortened to certified international school.

Surveillance shall address clauses 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 26, 28, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37 and 38 where applicable, earlier findings, material incidents and representative rotating coverage of remaining requirements.

A material change in host-school identity, ownership, financial viability, programme leadership, profile, pathway, external status, grade, learner group, site, delivery mode, personnel model, provider, fee commitment, completion arrangement or public claim shall trigger module-applicability and scope review.