Guidance

Qualification achievement rates (QAR) 2020 to 2021

Explains how qualification achievement rates are calculated.

• From: Department for Education and Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Published: 28 May 2021
• Last updated: 6 April 2022
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  1. 6 April 2022

     Added v1.4 of the Apprenticeship Qualification Achievement Rates Technical Specification 2020 to 2021 and Traineeship Qualification Achievement Rates Technical Specification 2020 to 2021

  2. 17 January 2022

     Updated versions added of qualification achievement rates business rules 2020 to 2021, apprenticeship qualification achievement rates technical specification 2020 to 2021, traineeship qualification achievement rates technical specification 2020 to 2021 and education training qualification achievement rates technical specification 2020 to 2021.

  3. 29 September 2021

     Added version 1.2 of business rules and technical specifications.

  4. 30 June 2021

     Added QAR guidance for reviewing in-year QAR data based on the common data issues and data query form for provider queries.

  5. 28 May 2021

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Qualification achievement rates business rules 2020 to 2021

PDF, 276 KB, 12 pages

Apprenticeship qualification achievement rates technical specification 2020 to 2021

PDF, 604 KB, 29 pages

Traineeship qualification achievement rates technical specification 2020 to 2021

PDF, 577 KB, 29 pages

Education and Training qualification achievement rates technical specification 2020 to 2021

PDF, 711 KB, 35 pages

Qualification achievement rates 2020 to 2021 in-year data releases

PDF, 312 KB, 10 pages

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Qualification achievement rates data extract guidance 2020 to 2021

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Qualification achievement rates query form 2020 to 2021

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Details

As confirmed in our guidance, we will not publish any institution-level qualification achievement rates in the national achievement rate tables for the 2020 to 2021 academic year in response to Coronavirus (COVID-19).

In 2015 to 2016 we changed the names of qualification success rates (QSR) to qualification achievement rates (QAR) in preparation for the introduction of a broader range of success measures in the future.