Glossary
UKPRN
UK Provider Reference Number
The eight-digit number that identifies a learning provider across every funding and data system.
In full
The UKPRN is issued through the UK Register of Learning Providers and identifies your organisation. It appears in the ILR header, on allocations, on funding reports and in every system you submit to.
If you are ever unsure whether two documents refer to the same organisation, the UKPRN settles it.
The rules behind this
Every provider is identified by a UK Provider Reference Number, and the UKPRN is what ties an ILR submission, an allocation and a funding report to a single organisation.
Where this comes up
diagnostic
The Subcontracted or partnership UKPRN must not be the same as the Learning provider UKPRN
The Subcontracted or partnership UKPRN, must not be the same as the lead provider's UKPRN
diagnostic
The UKPRN in the file name does not match the provider's UKPRN in the Submit Learner Data service
Creates an error if the Provider UKPRN in the SLD service does not match that on the submitted file
diagnostic
There is no Skills Bootcamp funding relationship for this UKPRN
If the learning aim is identified as Skills Bootcamps (programme type = 32) there must be either; a valid contract reference number and deliverable code in FCT for this UKPRN, or a matching Contract Reference Number in the Skills Bootcamps Contracts database
diagnostic
Skills Bootcamp component aims must have a corresponding programme aim with the same combination of funding model, programme type and contract reference number
Skills Bootcamp component aims must have a programme aim with the same funding model, programme type and contract reference number error
diagnostic
Skills Bootcamp component aims must have a corresponding programme aim with the same combination of funding model, programme type and contract reference number
Skills Bootcamp programme aims must have a component aim with the same funding model, programme type and contract reference number error
diagnostic
The Contract reference number must not be returned for this Funding model
For, Tailored Learning, 16-19, Adult Skills, Adult Skills Fund, Other Adult, Other 16-19 or Non-funded contracts, the contract reference number must not be returned
Sources
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