Guidance

Grading and Admissions Data for England (GRADE) frameworkuser guide

A datauser sharingguide framework for the linked administrative data on education, assessment and university admissions.admissions available in the GRADE data set.

From:
Ofqual
Published
29 April 2022
Last updated
824 January 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Grading and Admissions Data for England (GRADE) frameworkuser guide

Ref: Ofqual/22/6923Ofqual/25/7198

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Grading and Admissions Data for England (GRADE) frameworkuser guide

Ref: Ofqual/22/6923Ofqual/25/7198

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Grading and Admissions Data for England (GRADE) user guide

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Details

The GRADE (Grading and Admissions Data for England) data sharing project is a joint open data initiative by Ofqual, Ofsted, the Department for Education (DfE) and UCAS. Its main objective is to provide accredited external researchers with access to data to conduct independent research on the educational, assessment and admission systems in England, and to facilitate internal analysis.

Updates to this page

Published 29 April 2022
Last updated 824 January 2025 + show all updates

  1. Added PDF file for Grading and Admissions Data for England (GRADE) user guide and removed GRADE framework files, which are superseded by the user guide.

  2. Added the HTML page 'Grading and Admissions Data for England (GRADE) user guide'.

  3. First published.

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