Guidance

TQ Assessment Template - file format

Updated 2 December 2021
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Name Description Position Validation Regular Expression Description of Regular Expression / Accepted Values
ReportingDate Date the file was due to be submitted to Ofqual regardless of when it was actually uploaded (this date will be made available by Ofqual) 1 ^ (0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])[/](0[1- 9]|1[012])[/](20)\d\d $ or ^(20)\d\d[-](0[1-9]|1[012])[-](0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])$ The date in the following format: day (2 digits), forward slash, month (2 digits), forward slash, year (4 digits) Or year (4 digits), a dash, month (2 digits), a dash, day (2 digits)
AssessmentSeries Assessment series data relates to, for example June 2023 2 ^(June)([][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9])$ Full month name and year of Assessment series. For example June 2023. Note: enter -2 where applications are not restricted to an individual assessment series
AwardingOrganisation Acronym of the awarding organisation 3 ^.{1,100}$ A valid AO Acronym. 1 to 100 characters accepted. Note: value must be consistent within the file
QualificationNumber Acronym of the awarding organisation 4 ^.{1,10}$ Valid Qualification Number. 1 to 10 characters accepted
ComponentCode Unique identifier for the component which the assessment relates to (assigned by the awarding organisation) 5 ^.{1,10}$ 1 to 10 characters accepted
SubComponentType TQ sub-component which the assessment falls under. 6 ^(Core Exam|Core Project|Occupational Specialism)$ Accepted values: Core Exam, Core Project, Occupational Specialism
AssessmentCode Unique identifier for the assessment (assigned by the awarding organisation) 7 ^.{1,10}$ 1 to 10 characters
AssessmentTitle AO-assigned name for the assessment 8 ^.{1,300}$ String value between 1 and 300 characters
MaximumAssessmentRawMark Maximum raw mark for the assessment 9 ^\d{1,3}$ Number between 0 and 999 allowing decimals. Note: enter -2 if not applicable
MaximumAssessmentUMSMark Maximum UMS mark for the assessment 10 ^\d{1,3}$ Number between 0 and 999 allowing decimals. Note: enter -2 if not applicable
MaximumSubComponentRawMark Maximum Raw mark at the sub-component level 11 ^\d{1,3}$ Number between 0 and 999 allowing decimals. Note: enter -2 if not applicable
MaximumSubComponentUMSMark Maximum UMS mark at the sub-component level 12 ^\d{1,3}$ Number between 0 and 999 allowing decimals. Note: enter -2 if not applicable
MaximumComponentRawMark Maximum Raw mark at the component level 13 ^\d{1,3}$ Number between 0 and 999 allowing decimals. Note: enter -2 if not applicable
MaximumComponentUMSMark Maximum UMS mark at the component level 14 ^\d{1,3}$ Number between 0 and 999 allowing decimals. Note: enter -2 if not applicable
AssessmentComponentWeighting Percentage contribution of the assessment mark to the component UMS 15 ^([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|100)$. Number between 0 and 999 allowing decimals
ComponentGuidedLearningHours GLH for the component 16 ^\d{1,3}$ Number between 0 and 999 allowing decimals
CentresAllocatedToExaminersForMarking Do examiners have allocated centres? 17 ^(Yes|No|Mixed)$ Accepted values: Yes, No, Mixed
DateAssessmentResultIssued Date when assessment results are issued to candidates 18 ^ (0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01]) [/](0[1-9]|1[012])[/](20)\d\d $ or ^(20)\d\d[-](0[1-9]|1[012])[-](0[1- 9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])$ The date in the following format: day (2 digits), forward slash, month (2 digits), forward slash, year (4 digits), or: year (4 digits), a dash, month (2 digits), a dash, day (2 digits)
TotalNumberOfExaminersOrModerators The total number of examiner/moderator posts for this assessment in this assessment series 19 ^\d{1,6}$ A numeric value between 0 and 999,999