Guidance

File format

Updated 14 February 2025
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Name Description Position Validation Regular Expression Description of Regular Expression
ReportingDate Date the file was due to be submitted regardless of when it was actually uploaded. Format accepted 120 ODBC canonical yyyy-mm-dd 1 ^(20)\d\d[-](0[1-9]\|1[012])[-](0[1-9]\|[12][0-9]\|3[01])$ The date in the following format: year (4 digits), a dash, month (2 digits), a dash, day (2 digits)
AwardingOrganisation Name or acronym of the awarding organisation 2 ^.{1,100}$ 1 to 100 characters accepted
QualificationNumber Must be a valid qualification number, as it appears on the Ofqual register of qualifications 3 ^.{1,10}$ 1 to 10 characters accepted
QualificationTitle As it appears on Ofqual’s Register of qualifications 4 ^.(1,1000)$ 1 to 1000 characters accepted
QualificationLevel As it appears on Ofqual’s Register of qualifications 5 ^.(1,20)$ 1 to 20 characters accepted
QualificationType As it appears on Ofqual’s Register of qualifications 6 ^.(1,255)$ 1 to 255 characters accepted
StandardQualificationFee The current SQF for qualifications offered in England 7 ^\d{1,15}(\.\d{1,2})?$ Decimal value accepted or ‘-2’ for exceptions (currency symbol is not permitted)