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Merge two or more ILR files together with ILR FileMerge

ILR FileMerge helps you prepare a single Individualised Learner Record (ILR) file to upload to the Funding Information Service (FIS) or Submit Learner Data.

From:
Department for Education and
Education and Skills Funding Agency
Published
22 August 2019
Last updated
1419 July 20252024 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

ILR FileMerge user guide: 20252024 to 20262025

PDF,MS 852Word KBDocument, 12932 pagesKB

ILR FileMerge userKnown guide:Issues 2024 to 2025

PDF,MS 712Excel KBSpreadsheet, 14124 pagesKB

ILR FileMerge Knownuser Issuesguide: 20242023 to 20252024

MSPDF, Excel827 SpreadsheetKB, 12417 KBpages

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Providers that collect ILR data in more than one file need to combine the data into a single file for submission.

ILR FileMerge is software that makes combining ILR files easy.

You can download ILR FileMerge for free.

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2026-08-17 13:31
Added ‘ILR FileMerge user guide: 2026 to 2027’.

2025-07-14 12:20
Added the user guide for 2025 to 2026.

2024-07-19 14:11
Added ‘ILR FileMerge user guide: 2024 to 2025’ and ‘ILR FileMerge Known Issues 2024 to 2025’. Removed documents for 2022 to 2023.

2023-09-11 11:57
We have published the ILR FileMerge user guide: 2023 to 2024.

2022-08-10 10:07
We have published the ILR FileMerge user guide: 2022 to 2023 and the ILR FileMerge Known Issues 2022 to 2023.