Change of https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/awarding-data-guide-to-the-data-submission-process

Change description : 2026-09-21 09:30:00: 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. [Guidance and regulation]

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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 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Awarding data: guide to the data submission process

Ref: Ofqual/22/6948/6

HTML

Summary of templates required for each qualification type

CSV, 578 Bytes

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

CSV, 2.7 KB

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

CSV, 2.11 KB

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

CSV, 4.56 KB

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

CSV, 3.92 KB

Details

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

Published 19 March 2021

Last updated 21 September 2026 — Show all updates

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.
29 June 2026
Changed field "Gender" to "Sex"
16 April 2024
Information about collection of provisional and final data for each exam series (June, November and January) has been added.
15 August 2023
Order of submitting the templates has been added.
2 September 2022
Minor changes re validation
11 May 2021
Added the guide for data reporting in summer 2021.
19 March 2021
First published.

Update history

2026-09-21 09:30
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.