Scenario
Results arrive after the final return has closed
A batch of awarding organisation results for last year arrives in November, after the final return closed. What can be done?
The situation
- Timing
- Results received after the final return for the year closed
- Volume
- A cohort of around forty learners
- Current state
- Aims recorded as ended with no outcome
Constructed for teaching. No scenario in the Academy contains real learner data, and none ever will.
What is the position?
The rules behind this
The final return of the funding year is the last opportunity to amend that year's data. After it closes, the data for the year is fixed, although funding can still be recovered afterwards: for example, FRM27 recovery after R14, and assurance findings recovered by offset or invoice.
Qualification achievement rates are calculated from submitted ILR data. Data-quality problems in the return become published performance problems.
Completion status records whether a learner is continuing, has completed, has withdrawn or has temporarily withdrawn. Outcome records what the learner achieved. They answer different questions and both are needed.
Sources
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