Collection

Common transfer file (CTF) and co-ordinated admissions data

CTF documents and co-ordinated admissions files for software suppliers of school and local authority management information systems.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 23 January 2014
• Last updated: 3 May 2024 — See all updates

The last 3 years documents are available, for previous years go to the UK Government Web Archive.

Common transfer file (CTF)

Schools and local authorities use the CTF to send pupil data when a pupil transfers from one school to another.

• Common transfer file 24: specification
  • 3 May 2024
  • Guidance
• Common transfer file 23: specification
  • 27 November 2023
  • Guidance
• Common transfer file 22: specification
  • 23 March 2022
  • Guidance
• Common transfer file 21: specification
  • 29 July 2021
  • Guidance
• Common transfer file 20: specification and guide
  • 21 August 2020
  • Guidance

Co-ordinated admissions data transfer

Information on the electronic transfer of co-ordinated admissions data.

• Co-ordinated admissions 2025: series 21 files
  • 25 April 2024
  • Guidance
• Co-ordinated admissions 2024: series 20 files
  • 30 November 2023
  • Guidance
• Co-ordinated admissions 2023: series 19 files
  • 1 April 2022
  • Guidance
• Co-ordinated admissions 2022: series 18 files
  • 25 November 2021
  • Guidance

Published 23 January 2014
Last updated 3 May 2024 + show all updates

1. 3 May 2024

   Added 'Common transfer file 24: specification'.

2. 25 April 2024

   Added 'Co-ordinated admissions 2025: series 21 files'.

3. 25 April 2023

   Added 'Common transfer file 23: specification'.

4. 18 April 2023

   Added 'Co-ordinated admissions 2024: series 20 files'.

5. 1 April 2022

   Added 'Co-ordinated admissions 2023: series 19 files'.

6. 23 March 2022

   Added 'Common transfer file 22: specification'.

7. 25 November 2021

   Added 'Co-ordinated admissions 2022: series 18 files' to the 'Co-ordinated admissions data transfer' section.

8. 29 July 2021

   Added 'Common transfer file 21: specification'.

9. 17 April 2020

   Added 'Co-ordinated admissions 2021: series 17 files'.

10. 14 February 2020

    Added 'Common transfer file 20: specification'.

11. 26 March 2019

    Added link to 'Co-ordinated admissions 2020: series 16 files'.

12. 18 March 2019

    Added link to common transfer file 19: specification.

13. 29 June 2018

    Added 'Co-ordinated admissions 2019: series 15 files'.

14. 21 February 2018

    Added 'Common transfer file 18: specification amd schema' to the 'Common transfer file' group.

15. 10 October 2017

    Added 'Co-ordinated admissions 2018: series 14 files'.

16. 30 June 2017

    Added 'Common transfer file 17: specification'.

17. 15 March 2016

    Added link to common transfer file 16.

18. 2 April 2015

    Added 'Common transfer file 15: specification and schema'.

19. 12 September 2014

    Added CTF 14 technical spec.

20. 23 January 2014

    First published.