Education records from the Department for Education
The government's Department for Education creates education records for all pupils using information provided to the department by schools and exam bodies. An education record contains:
- pupil name, date of birth and address
- schools they have attended
- official qualifications like GCSE results
- support needs
What an education record looks like
What education records are used for
Pupils must tell the sixth forms or colleges who they are before they start a course. This is currently done by handing in their information on paper documents. Education records allow pupils to share this information with sixth forms and colleges digitally.
The benefits of using an education record
Schools issue education records
Schools give pupils their education record in year 11. Pupils get their education record on the DfE education record app.
The issue education records service is used by schools to give education records to pupils.
Schools issue education records to pupils step by step
Pupils get and share their education record
Pupils get their education records on the DfE education record app. Pupils then use the app to review their education record and share it with a sixth form or college when they go there to enrol on a course.
Pupils get and share their education records step by step
Sixth forms or colleges view or download education records
Learners must take their education record on their DfE education record app to sixth form or college on enrolment day. The service will generate a unique QR code on a member of staff’s screen. Learners can then scan the QR code on their DfE education record app to share their education record. The sixth form or college can then view or download records using the view education records service.
Sixth forms or colleges view or download education records step by step