The government’s “shock” decision to stop collecting destination and progression data through the individualised learner record (ILR) has angered mayoral combined authorities.
Department for Education officials released next year’s ILR specification on January 31, and revealed the destination and progression entity is to be removed.
It means that colleges and training providers can no longer log their destinations and progression data, often used for Ofsted inspections and mayoral combined authority (MCA) performance meetings for adult education budget contracts, through the central ILR system from September 2024.
The DfE told FE Week the data field was “identified by the FE sector” as “something they struggle to complete, with providers claiming it as time-consuming and that it results in poor quality data”.
