Validation rules by category
- Updated:
- 17 October 2025
| Rule name | Version | Status | Error message |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accom_01 | 1 | Active |
The Accommodation is not a valid code |
| AddLine1_03 | 1 | Active |
Address line 1 has not been returned |
| ALSCost_02 | 1 | Active |
The Learning support cost field must only be returned for High Needs Students |
| CampID_01 | 1 | Active |
The Campus identifier is not valid |
| CampID_02 | 1 | Active |
The UKPRN is not the same as recorded in the Header |
| ContPrefType_01 | 1 | Deleted |
The Contact preference type and code is not valid |
| ContPrefType_02 | 1 | Deleted |
The combination of Contact preference type and code is not valid, this learner is not to be contacted |
| ContPrefType_03 | 1 | Deleted |
The Contact preference type and code is not valid for this Learning start date |
| ContPrefType_04 | 1 | Deleted |
These contact preference types cannot all be used at the same time |
| ContPrefType_05 | 1 | Deleted |
These contact preference types cannot all be used at the same time |
| ContPrefType_06 | 1 | Deleted |
There must not be more than two records with a Contact preference type of RUI |
| ContPrefType_07 | 1 | Deleted |
There must not be more than three records with a Contact preference type of PMC |
| DateofBirth_60 | 3 | New |
The learner is not able to be funded for a level 7 apprenticeship because they are either over 21 or are under 25 and are not an apprentice care leaver or have an EHC plan. |
| DateOfBirth_01 | 1 | Active |
The Date of birth must be returned |
| DateOfBirth_02 | 1 | Active |
The Date of birth should be returned |
| DateOfBirth_04 | 1 | Active |
The learner is 115 or over |
| DateOfBirth_05 | 1 | Active |
The learner is under 4 |
| DateOfBirth_06 | 1 | Active |
The learner is under 13 |
| DateOfBirth_07 | 1 | Active |
The learner is 25 or over so the Source of funding must not be 16-19 funding |
| DateOfBirth_12 | 1 | Active |
The learner is under 19 and the Community Learning provision is PCDL or NLDC |
| DateOfBirth_13 | 1 | Active |
The learner is OfS funded and should not be under 16 years old |
| DateOfBirth_14 | 1 | Active |
The learner is under 18 |
| DateOfBirth_20 | 1 | Active |
The learner is under 19 and the Source of funding is not 16-19 funding |
| DateOfBirth_23 | 1 | Active |
The Date of birth has not been returned |
| DateOfBirth_24 | 1 | Active |
The Unique learner number has been returned and the Date of birth has not been returned |
| DateOfBirth_25 | 1 | Active |
The learner is under 19 |
| DateOfBirth_26 | 1 | Active |
The learner is under 19 and financed by an Advanced Learner Loan |
| DateOfBirth_27 | 1 | Active |
The learner's Date of birth is on or after the start of the current teaching year |
| DateOfBirth_30 | 1 | Active |
The learner is between 19 and 24 and has an Education health plan, and the Funding model and/or Source of funding is not the 16-19 funded |
| DateOfBirth_32 | 1 | Active |
The learning aim started on or after 1 August 2015 and the learner is 24 or over and the aim is Level 3 or above and the Funding model is Adult skills |
| DateOfBirth_34 | 1 | Active |
The learner is recorded as a High Needs Student but there is no Education health care plan recorded |
| DateOfBirth_35 | 1 | Deleted |
The learner is under 19 and the planned duration of the programme does not reach the required minimum duration of an apprenticeship |
| DateOfBirth_36 | 1 | Deleted |
The learner is 19 or over and the planned duration of the programme does not reach the required minimum duration of an apprenticeship |
| DateOfBirth_37 | 1 | Active |
The learner is 19 or over and the planned duration of the programme does not reach the required minimum duration of an apprenticeship |
| DateOfBirth_38 | 1 | Deleted |
The learner is under 19 and the actual duration of the programme does not reach the required minimum duration of an apprenticeship |
| DateOfBirth_40 | 1 | Active |
The learner is 19 or over and the actual duration of the programme does not reach the required minimum duration of an apprenticeship |
| DateOfBirth_46 | 1 | Changed |
The planned duration of the programme does not reach the required minimum duration for an apprenticeship standard |
| DateOfBirth_47 | 1 | Changed |
The planned duration of the programme does not reach the required minimum duration for an apprenticeship standard |
| DateOfBirth_48 | 1 | Active |
The learner is not over the school leaving age |
| DateOfBirth_49 | 1 | Active |
The learning aim started on or after 1 August 2016 and the learner is 24 or over and the aim is Level 3 or above and the Funding model is Adult skills |
| DateOfBirth_52 | 1 | Deleted |
The programme does not reach the required minimum duration of an apprenticeship |
| DateOfBirth_53 | 1 | Deleted |
The programme does not reach the required minimum duration of an apprenticeship |
| DateOfBirth_55 | 1 | Active |
The learning aim started on or after 1 August 2017 and the learner is 24 or over and the aim is Level 3 or above and the Funding model is Adult skills |
| DateOfBirth_56 | 1 | Active |
The learning aim started on or after 1 August 2024 and the learner is 24 or over and the aim is Level 3 or above and the Funding model is Adult Skills Fund |
| DateOfBirth_57 | 1 | New |
The planned duration of the programme does not reach the required minimum duration for an apprenticeship standard |
| DateOfBirth_58 | 1 | New |
The actual duration of the programme does not reach the required minimum duration for an apprenticeship standard |
| DateOfBirth_59 | 2 | New |
The learner must not be 25 or over at the start of the learning for a funded foundation apprenticeship standard programme |
| EngGrade_01 | 1 | Active |
The GCSE English qualification grade has not been returned |
| EngGrade_02 | 1 | Active |
The GCSE English qualification grade is not a valid code |
| EngGrade_03 | 1 | Active |
The Learner FAM Type of Eligibility for EFA disadvantage funding must be returned |