Guidance

Qualification achievement rates 2021 to 2022

Explains how qualification achievement rates (QARs) are calculated.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 7 June 2022
• Last updated: 5 July 2023
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  1. 5 July 2023

     To reflect the final position for 2021 to 2022, we've updated terminology and data field references in 'Qualification achievement rates business rules 2021 to 2022', 'Apprenticeship qualification achievement rates technical specification 2021 to 2022', 'Traineeship qualification achievement rates technical specification 2021 to 2022' and 'Education and training qualification achievement rates technical specification 2021 to 2022'.

  2. 13 July 2022

     Added 'QAR 2021 to 2022 in-year data releases' and 'QAR data extract guidance' for reviewing in-year QAR data based on the common data issues and the data query form for provider queries.

  3. 7 June 2022

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Qualification achievement rates business rules 2021 to 2022

PDF, 289 KB, 13 pages

Apprenticeship qualification achievement rates technical specification 2021 to 2022

PDF, 563 KB, 30 pages

Traineeship qualification achievement rates technical specification 2021 to 2022

PDF, 571 KB, 28 pages

Education and training qualification achievement rates technical specification 2021 to 2022

PDF, 707 KB, 34 pages

Qualification achievement rates 2021 to 2022 in-year data releases

PDF, 293 KB, 10 pages

Qualification achievement rates data extract guidance 2021 to 2022

PDF, 628 KB, 15 pages

Qualification achievement rates query form 2021 to 2022

ODS, 41.9 KB

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Details

The business rules outline the policy for calculating QARs for apprenticeships and for education and training.

The technical specifications explain how QARs are calculated, what data is included, and what data is excluded.