Individualised Learner Record
Encyclopedia
The Individualised Learner Record (ILR) is the primary data collection about further education
and work-based learning in England. It is requested from learning providers in England's further education system. The data is used widely, most notably by the government to monitor policy implementation and the performance of the sector, and by organisations that allocate FE funding.
ILR data is collected from providers that are in receipt of funding from the Skills Funding Agency
and the Young People's Learning Agency
. The data is collected by The Data Service.
or Young People's Learning Agency
- to a single collection submitted in XML
format. This was to increase flexibilty and reduce long-term costs from year to year, as well as bring the collection in line with higher education
and schools.
Further education
Further education is a term mainly used in connection with education in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is post-compulsory education , that is distinct from the education offered in universities...
and work-based learning in England. It is requested from learning providers in England's further education system. The data is used widely, most notably by the government to monitor policy implementation and the performance of the sector, and by organisations that allocate FE funding.
ILR data is collected from providers that are in receipt of funding from the Skills Funding Agency
Skills Funding Agency
The Skills Funding Agency is one of two successor organisations that emerged from the closure of the Learning and Skills Council...
and the Young People's Learning Agency
Young People's Learning Agency
The Young People's Learning Agency is a government organisation based in Coventry. It funds further education in England and apprenticeships for ages 16-19.-History:...
. The data is collected by The Data Service.
ILR Specification
The ILR Specification defines what data is collected in the Individualised Learner Record for each academic year (from 1 August to 31 July). The data standards and specification of the ILR are owned and governed by The Information Authority, and any changes to the data collected in the ILR or collection arrangements must be approved by The Information Authority board.Single ILR
For the 2011/12 academic year, the Individualised Learner Record moved from four separate collections - defined by the type of funding received from the Skills Funding AgencySkills Funding Agency
The Skills Funding Agency is one of two successor organisations that emerged from the closure of the Learning and Skills Council...
or Young People's Learning Agency
Young People's Learning Agency
The Young People's Learning Agency is a government organisation based in Coventry. It funds further education in England and apprenticeships for ages 16-19.-History:...
- to a single collection submitted in XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
format. This was to increase flexibilty and reduce long-term costs from year to year, as well as bring the collection in line with higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
and schools.
External links
- The Information Authority website - ILR
- The Learner Information Suite (used to validate ILR data)
- Online Data Collection system (used to collect ILR data)