Glossary
Regulated qualification
A qualification approved by the qualifications regulator and offered by a recognised awarding organisation.
In full
Regulated qualifications are those recognised by the regulator. Regulation is generally a precondition for a qualification to appear on the learning aims database and be funded.
Where this comes up
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A qualification is withdrawn part way through the year
A qualification the college is delivering stops being available for new starts. Existing learners continue, new ones cannot.
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An adult learner withdraws in week six
A learner on a fully funded adult qualification stops attending six weeks in. Follow it from the tutor noticing to the audit test.
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An achievement is recorded before the result is confirmed
A tutor is confident a learner has passed and asks for the achievement to be recorded before the awarding organisation confirms it.
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Qualification achievement rates: how your data becomes your results
Achievement rates are calculated from the ILR. Understanding the cohort is what turns an unexplained rate into an explainable one.
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Tailored learning recorded under the wrong allocation
Non-formula-funded adult provision has been recorded alongside formula-funded delivery. Two allocations, one set of records.
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16 to 19 funding: how the formula actually works
Student numbers, band, national rate, retention, programme cost weighting and uplifts. Where each element comes from, and which of them your own data controls.