Common basic data set (CBDS) and assessment component files

Common basic data set (CBDS) and assessment component files for use by software suppliers developing management information systems.

Common basic data set

The CBDS defines data items used in government, school and local authority software systems.

You can find earlier documents related to the CBDS on the National Archives website. Note: the search function is not available on archived content so please use the filters on the left of each page.

1. Common basic data set (CBDS): database
   • 17 February 2020
   • Guidance
2. Common basic data set (CBDS): requests for change (RFC) 2020
   • 19 February 2020
   • Transparency data
3. Common basic data set (CBDS): requests for change (RFC) 2019
   • 16 August 2019
   • Transparency data
4. Common basic data set (CBDS): requests for change (RFC) 2018
   • 9 January 2019
   • Transparency data
5. Common basic data set (CBDS): requests for change (RFC) 2017
   • 6 October 2017
   • Transparency data
6. Common basic data set (CBDS): requests for change (RFC) 2016
   • 18 October 2016
   • Transparency data
7. Common basic data set (CBDS): requests for change (RFC) 2015
   • 29 December 2015
   • Transparency data
8. Common basic data set (CBDS): requests for change (RFC) 2014
   • 7 November 2014
   • Transparency data
9. Common basic data set (CBDS): requests for change (RFC) 2013
   • 17 January 2014
   • Transparency data

Assessment component files

These files specify the framework against which teachers assess pupils’ attainment in the national curriculum.

1. Assessment component files: 2020
   • 10 February 2020
   • Guidance
2. Assessment component files: 2019
   • 8 November 2018
   • Guidance
3. Assessment component files: 2018
   • 13 February 2018
   • Guidance
4. Assessment component files: 2017
   • 12 January 2017
   • Guidance
5. Assessment component files: 2016
   • 29 January 2016
   • Guidance

Published 7 February 2014
Last updated 19 February 2020 + show all updates

1. 19 February 2020

   Added ‘Common basic data set (CBDS): requests for change (RFC) 2020’.

2. 10 February 2020

   Added ‘Assessment component files: 2020’.

3. 9 January 2019

   Added ‘Common basic data set (CBDS): requests for change (RFC) 2019’.
4. 8 November 2018

   Added ‘Assessment component files: 2019’ to the collection.

5. 13 February 2018

   Added 2018 assessment files

6. 1 February 2018

   Added RFCs for 2018.

7. 6 March 2017

   Added RFCs for 2017.

8. 25 January 2017

   Added assessment component files, which specify the framework against which teachers assess pupils’ attainment in the national curriculum.

9. 21 March 2016

   Added a requests for change (RFC) page for 2016.

10. 7 February 2014

    First published.