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Scenario

A flagged record turns out to be entirely correct

A learner appears on a monitoring report every period. Each time, investigation shows the record is correct.

Funding year2026–27Awaiting verificationSee the sourcesReport an issue

The situation

Report
A monitoring report flagging unusual duration
Learner
Genuinely on an extended programme for documented reasons
History
Investigated and confirmed correct three times already

Constructed for teaching. No scenario in the Academy contains real learner data, and none ever will.

What should happen?

The rules behind this

FEFunding explanation

Appearing on a data-quality or funding-monitoring report usually means a record has been flagged for investigation, not that it is confirmed wrong. Some flagged records are entirely correct and simply need evidence.

Recommended good practice

Evidence is strongest when it is created at the time of the event it describes and is retrievable without reconstruction. Evidence assembled after a query is asked is weaker and takes longer to produce.

Sources

These are the official documents this page rests on. Where a figure, a deadline or an exact rule matters, the document is the authority and this page is the explanation.

Funding allocations and data returns information (opens in a new tab)

GOV.UKOfficial funding documentAwaiting first verification

Adult Skills Fund funding and performance management rules 2026 to 2027 (opens in a new tab)

GOV.UKOfficial funding document2026–27Awaiting first verification

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