Glossary
Retention rate
The proportion of a cohort that stayed to the end of their aim.
In full
Retention measures how many learners remained to the planned end of their aim rather than withdrawing.
It is distinct from the retention factor in the 16 to 19 funding formula, although both are driven by the same underlying withdrawal data.
Where this comes up
diagnostic
Retention
Retention. Review areas: Completion details.
diagnostic
The achievement rate is lower than the college expected
The published or modelled achievement rate is lower than the college's own view of how well learners did. The difference is usually in the data rather than in the teaching.
module
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.
diagnostic
An aim is on the ILR but generates no funding
The aim validates and appears on the ILR, but generates no earnings. Validation and funding are different tests: a record can be perfectly valid and still not qualify for funding.
diagnostic
Learning delivery FAM type' is wrong. The Advanced Learner Bursary rate 1 or 3 can't be used when the aim is grant funded. Check 'FAM type' is correct
If Advanced Learner Loan Bursary rate 1 or 3 are recorded, then the provider must be a contract funded provider
module
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.