Guidance

Awarding data: guide to the data submission process

Guide to the submission process.

• From: Ofqual
• Published: 19 March 2021
• Last updated: 21 September 2026
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  1. 21 September 2026

     Changed validation for ‘CentreNo’ field to accept 5 digits only (or -2) and added validation rule for valid NCN. Changed validation for ‘UniqueCandidateIdentifier’ to accept 13 characters only (or -2) in line with the expectation for a valid UCI. Changed validation for ‘ULN’ to accept 10 digits only (or -2) in line with the expectation for a valid ULN. Added ‘CentrePostcode’ field and validation rules to Template 2.

  2. 29 June 2026

     Changed field "Gender" to "Sex"

  3. 16 April 2024

     Information about collection of provisional and final data for each exam series (June, November and January) has been added.

  4. 15 August 2023

     Order of submitting the templates has been added.

  5. 2 September 2022

     Minor changes re validation

  6. 11 May 2021

     Added the guide for data reporting in summer 2021.

  7. 19 March 2021

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Awarding data: guide to the data submission process

Ref: Ofqual/22/6948/6

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Summary of templates required for each qualification type

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File format: Template 1ab - Grade boundary information at component level

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File format: Template 1c - Grade boundary information at qualification level

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File format: Template 2 - Student qualification-level results data

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File format: Template 3 - Student unit or component-level results data

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Details

Ofqual’s guide to the submission process for awarding data.