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Specifications of the data sets for the Grading and Admissions Data for England (GRADE) project.
GRADE(Grading and Admissions Data for England) is a joint open data initiative by Ofqual, the Department for Education, andUCAS. The main aim is to make data available for independent research that serves the public good.
GRADEmakes available a data set of linked micro-data from Ofqual,DfEandUCAScovering the period between 2017 to 2024. TheGRADEdata set includes detailed information on students progression from school to universities and colleges. It includes information on students qualifications, prior schooling, socio-economic background and their university and college applications and admissions.
The GRADE data set includes 3 main sources of data:
TheGRADEdata set is shared by theOffice for National Statisticsunder theDigital Economy Act 2017and can be accessed under theResearch Accreditation Frameworkvia theSecure Research Service(SRS).
For more information, see the GRADE user guide.
Updated data specifications to reflect the third release of the GRADE data set with added years 2023 to 2024
GRADE DfE data specification updated to add specifications for npd_urn_lookup and to add information on pseudonymised "missing" URNP values
Updated the 'GRADE UCAS data specification' HTML attachment. Updated the 'GRADE Ofqual data specification' file attachment. Updated the 'GRADE DfE data specification' file attachment.
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