Guidance and regulation

Information for learners and parents about their personal learning record and unique learner number

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 29 June 2023

Information for colleges, training organisations and employers about the learning aim reference service, also known as LARS.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 22 May 2023

Guides for learning providers, local authorities and awarding organisations on how to use the learning records service and manage event data challenges.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 9 May 2024

• Using the learning records service (LRS) for learning providers and local authorities

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• Using the learning records service (LRS) for awarding organisations (AOs)

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Guidance about accessing the LRS organisational portal and latest releases. Includes the monthly headline report for national learners aged 14+.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 4 August 2021

Explains to learners how their qualification data is used if they allow others to see their personal learning record.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 27 November 2023

Registration documents for learner registration bodies (LRB) and awarding organisations to gain access to the LRS portal and services.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 9 May 2024

Documents to help schools, colleges and training providers (LRBs) produce and upload batch files and deal with exceptions.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 2 July 2019

Information for organisations who need to access Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) funding and data systems.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 29 June 2021

Shows the scheduled maintenance dates for the LRS organisation portal and the uploading ILR achievement data testing.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 22 December 2023

Guides for awarding organisations registered with the LRS who are using the organisation portal batch load transaction.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 10 January 2017

Use the validation tool to test if a batch file you have prepared for upload is in the correct format.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 8 February 2019

How to contact the learning records service (LRS) for help, support, or to make a complaint.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 15 September 2021

Information for schools in Wales on how to create a ULN

• From: Closed organisation: Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 4 March 2014

Learning Records Service (LRS) web services provide system-to-system communications over a network.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 9 May 2024