We wish you all a happy new year and hope that you had an enjoyable festive season. Our first event of the New Year will be the free Winter User Group on the 18th of January;   with speakers from the YPLA, the SFA and theia in addition to demonstrations from the Pellcomp team,   … read more

The amendments to the LIS Known Issues document that were released just before Christmas   explain almost all the differences reported by the PICS LIS reconciliation report,   and lead us to believe that the SFA and YPLA funding calculations in PICS are substantially correct.   Many amendments are promised for LIS 19.02; in the … read more

We’ve just had a reminder from the Data Service that the final LR05 collection for 2010/11 is due on November 21st, and this is a ‘hard close’, so no revisions will be accepted after that. You’re also being asked to get our R04 return, due on December 6th, in as early as possible to avoid … read more

We all know, I hope, that the final ER13 submission needs to be with the Data Service by close of play this Friday, November 11th.  You may not be aware that any provider that has not made a submission since October 7th is required to re-submit their data for 2010/11: apparently some of the calculation … read more

Hot on the heels of the first PFRs from the Data Service, we’ve released the PICS PFR reconciler for 2011/12.  There are several new issues which may lead to unexpected differences between PICS and the PFR: • In a number of cases, aims are given incorrect learning aim reference codes in the PFR: this will lead … read more