Guidance
Template 1c - Grade boundary information for linear specifications – subject level
Updated 16 April 2024
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| Name | Description | Position | Validation Regular Expression | Description of Regular Expression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ExamSeries | Exam series data relates to | 1 | ^(June)([ ][0-9][0- 9][0-9][0- 9])$ | Full month name of exam series and year. |
| ReportingDate | Date the file was due to be submitted regardless of when it was actually uploaded. Format accepted 120 ODBC canonical yyyy-mm-dd. | 2 | ^(20)\d\d[- ](0[1- 9]|1[012])[- ](0[1- 9]|[12][0- 9]|3[01])$ | The date in the following format: year (four digits), a dash, month (two digits), a dash, day (two digits). |
| AwardingOrganisation | Name of the awarding organisation | 3 | ^.{1,100}$ | One, to one hundred characters accepted |
| QualificationLevel | Level of qualification, for example GCSE | 4 | ^(GCSE|AS|A level|Project L3)$ | One of the following list: GCSE, AS, A level, Project L3 |
| CertificationCode | Entry or option code to which candidates certificate | 5 | ^.{1,7}$ | One, to seven characters accepted |
| SpecificationCode | Specification code also known as Subject Award Code and Cashin Code | 6 | ^.{1,7}$ | One, to seven characters accepted |
| SpecificationTitle | Specification title also known as subject title | 7 | ^.{1,150}$ | One, to one hundred and fifty characters accepted |
| Tier | To indicate the tier if applicable. F for Foundation H for Higher | 8 | ^(F|H|-2)$ | One of the following list: F, H. -2 accepted where not applicable. |
| MaxSpecificationMark | Maximum specification mark available for the subject (scaled, if appropriate). | 9 | ^\d{1,3}$ | A numeric value between 0 and 999 accepted. |
| Grade | Subject grade | 10 | ^(A*|A|B|C|D| E|1|2|3|4|5|6 |7|8|9|1-1|2- 1|2-2|3-2|3- 3|4-3|4-4|5- 4|5-5|6-5|6- 6|7-6|7-7|8- 7|8-8|9-8|9- 9|-2)$ | One of the following list: A*, A, B, C, D, E, 9 to 1, 9-9 to 1-1. -2 also accepted for unknown value. |
| Boundary | Raw mark boundary | 11 | ^\d{1,3}$ | A numeric value between 0 and 999 accepted. |
| CarryForward | To indicate if the row of data relates to a carry forward option | 12 | ^(1|0)$ | For OCR and Pearson: one of the following list: 1, 0 For all other awarding organisations, please submit a blank column with just the column name. |