Guidance and regulation

How and when FE providers should submit data for the FE workforce data collection

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 27 September 2023

Use find a learning aim to search for specific aims. Also, find information about data sources for the individualised learner record (ILR).

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 29 June 2023

Provider data self assessment toolkit (PDSAT) and reports to help FE providers make accurate and complete individualised learner record (ILR) data returns.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 10 January 2023

• Provider data self-assessment toolkit (PDSAT) online update

  Introduction PDSAT is currently a piece of software provided by ESFA that…

This guidance provides details on how to register, manage your account and allocate user roles for Identity and Access Management System (IDAMS).

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 14 January 2022

Sets out details of the classification and coding system used to record non-regulated activity in the Individualised Learner Record (ILR).

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 19 September 2023

A step by step process for ILR data returns, what you need to do and where to do it.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 17 March 2021

Guidance to help providers meet the requirements for individualised learner record (ILR) data returns.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 4 March 2020

The table details individualised learner record (ILR) data collection periods, planned learning aims reference data updates and proposed essential maintenance windows.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 28 March 2024

Technical documents that define the ILR data that publicly funded providers must collect and return including ILR data returns calendar for 2019

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 6 July 2020

Technical documents for the apprentice bulk upload facility for training providers to use in the apprenticeship service.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 3 October 2023

Guidance for ESFA funded training providers on record keeping and retention

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 13 January 2021

Guidance to help providers meet the requirements for ILR data returns.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 13 February 2019

Guide to Ofqual's submission process.

• From: Ofqual
• Updated: 15 May 2023

A LARS hierarchy file is used to produce qualification success rate and minimum standards reports for classroom and workplace learning.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 10 December 2019

How and when to submit supplementary data for contracts starting before April 2019 on the 2014 to 2020 European Social Fund (ESF) programme.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 19 November 2018

Technical documents that define the ILR data that publicly funded providers must collect and return including ILR data returns calendar for 2018.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 24 May 2019

Guidance for independent training providers (ITPs) to provide updated in year financial information.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 1 September 2023

Guidance for sixth form and FE colleges on preparing and submitting the requested borrowing and financing arrangements information to ESFA

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 24 June 2022

A user guide and technical annex to support the 2021 release of 16 to 19 FE data and management information.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 22 July 2022

How and when to submit round 2 supplementary data for contracts starting from April 2019 on the 2014 to 2020 European Social Fund (ESF) programme.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 29 May 2019