Guidance

Merge two or more ILR files together with ILR FileMerge

ILR FileMerge helps you prepare a single Individualised Learner Record (ILR) file to upload to the Funding Information Service (FIS) or Submit Learner Data.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Published: 22 August 2019
• Last updated: 19 July 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

ILR FileMerge user guide: 2024 to 2025

MS Word Document, 932 KB

ILR FileMerge Known Issues 2024 to 2025

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 124 KB

ILR FileMerge user guide: 2023 to 2024

PDF, 827 KB, 17 pages

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Details

Providers that collect ILR data in more than one file need to combine the data into a single file for submission.

ILR FileMerge is software that makes combining ILR files easy.

You can download ILR FileMerge for free.

Published 22 August 2019
Last updated 19 July 2024 + show all updates

1. 19 July 2024

   Added 'ILR FileMerge user guide: 2024 to 2025' and 'ILR FileMerge Known Issues 2024 to 2025'. Removed documents for 2022 to 2023.

2. 11 September 2023

   We have published the ILR FileMerge user guide: 2023 to 2024.

3. 10 August 2022

   We have published the ILR FileMerge user guide: 2022 to 2023 and the ILR FileMerge Known Issues 2022 to 2023.

4. 19 August 2021

   We have updated the user guide and known issues for 2021 to 2022.

5. 19 April 2021

   We have published the latest ILR FileMerge Known Issues 2020 to 2021 document.

6. 29 October 2020

   We have updated the ILR FileMerge Known Issues 2020 to 2021 log.

7. 15 September 2020

   We have published the ILR FileMerge Known Issues log for 2020 to 2021.

8. 18 August 2020

   We have updated the ILR FileMerge user guide.

9. 16 September 2019

   We have updated the ILR FileMerge user guide.

10. 22 August 2019

    First published.