Common transfer file (CTF) and co-ordinated admissions data

CTF documents and co-ordinated admissions files for software suppliers of school and local authority management information systems.

The last 3 years documents are available, for previous years please search the government web archive.

Common transfer file (CTF)

Schools and local authorities use the CTF to send pupil data when a pupil transfers from one school to another.

1. Common transfer file 20: specification
   • 14 February 2020
   • Guidance
2. Common transfer file 2019: guide, specification and schema
   • 19 December 2019
   • Guidance
3. Common transfer file 18: specification and schema
   • 15 June 2018
   • Guidance

Co-ordinated admissions data transfer

Information on the electronic transfer of co-ordinated admissions data.

1. Co-ordinated admissions 2020: series 16 files
   • 8 April 2019
   • Guidance
2. Co-ordinated admissions 2019: series 15 files
   • 24 August 2018
   • Guidance
3. Co-ordinated admissions 2018: series 14 files
   • 10 October 2017
   • Guidance

Published 23 January 2014
Last updated 14 February 2020 + show all updates

1. 14 February 2020

   Added ‘Common transfer file 20: specification’.

2. 26 March 2019

   Added link to ‘Co-ordinated admissions 2020: series 16 files’.

3. 18 March 2019

   Added link to common transfer file 19: specification.
4. 29 June 2018

   Added ‘Co-ordinated admissions 2019: series 15 files’.

5. 21 February 2018

   Added ‘Common transfer file 18: specification amd schema’ to the ‘Common transfer file’ group.

6. 10 October 2017

   Added ‘Co-ordinated admissions 2018: series 14 files’.

7. 30 June 2017

   Added ‘Common transfer file 17: specification’.

8. 15 March 2016

   Added link to common transfer file 16.

9. 2 April 2015

   Added ‘Common transfer file 15: specification and schema’.

10. 12 September 2014

    Added CTF 14 technical spec.

11. 23 January 2014

    First published.