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This Business Data Standard (BDS) has been designed to satisfy all Education Skills and Children’s Services (ESCS) business needs to exchange information about qualification element (QE) classification.
It describes the Department for Education classification for the qualification element also known as the discount code, Learn Direct Classification System (LDCS) or Local Education Authority Project for School Management (LEAP) code.
This is version 2.0, it replaces v1.0 of the standard.
This BDS is intended for use by, for example, ICT procurers, system developers, programmers, data modellers and statisticians.
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QE classification data standard - version 2.0(PDF, 306 Kb)
Business data standard for QE classification with ISB status Approved: Recommended
PDF, 306 Kb
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QE classification data standard - version 1.0(PDF, 404 Kb)
This version of the standard has been superseded
PDF, 404 Kb