Podcast · FEFunding Academy
R14 Ready? Your Practical Guide to the Final 2025–26 ILR Return
A practical conversation about preparing for the final 2025–26 ILR return.
R14 2025 to 2026 ILR return closes: Thursday 22 October 2026 at 6pm UK time (BST). Source: Preparing your final ILR return (R14).
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Watch on College MIS Matters (YouTube) (opens in a new tab)Preparing for R14 isn't just an MIS responsibility.
From curriculum and exams to apprenticeships, finance and quality, accurate ILR data depends on colleagues across the college working together.
In this podcast, we explore the key things colleges should be checking before the final return, including missing results, continuing learners, apprenticeship discrepancies, validation errors, warnings and the importance of reliable evidence.
Whether you're directly involved in submitting the ILR or responsible for providing accurate learner information, this discussion will help you understand your part in the process.
About this podcast
- Format
- Podcast
- Applies to
- The 2025–26 academic year
- ILR collection
- R14
- Subjects
- ILR returns and collections, Data quality and validation
- Length
- About 23 minutes
- Last reviewed
- Not yet reviewed against its sources
- Publisher
- FEFunding Academy, on College MIS Matters (YouTube, opens in a new tab)
Transcript
A written transcript has not been published yet.
Official sources
Where this recording and these documents differ, the documents take precedence.
- Official guidance: Data collection timetable 2025 to 2026
- Official guidance: Preparing your final ILR return (R14)
Related guides and tools
- R14 final ILR return readiness: 2025 to 2026 (Readiness hub)
- R14: what this return involves (Return explainer)