We have specialised in Contact Data Accuracy for nearly 40 years, helping thousands of organisations to solve their data issues.
Trusted by over 200 colleges and nearly 100 Universities, AFD Software is the preferred supplier for helping ensure the accuracy of student data in the UK’s education sector.
Education-specific data sets such as Local Enterprise Partnership, Index of Multiple Deprivation, Adult Education Budget and Geodemographic data for profiling allow you to dig deeper into the data and see the impact your organisation is having.
Name, Address, Phone, Email and Bank data can all be validated to help prevent invalid data being entered into your systems. Existing data can also be cleansed to check if the data is valid, and where possible correct it.
AFD’s fast, accurate validation solutions integrate with the leading MIS packages including (but certainly not restricted to):
SITS and e:Vision from Tribal
ebs from Tribal
ProSolution from Advanced
Unit-e from ESS
REMS from Civica
U4SM from Unit4
TechOne
And our flexible API’s can be deployed
in bespoke or inhouse systems.
We need good data. We use AFD online for the student application and enrolment processes. We need to capture contact details correctly, if we are unable to contact students (prospective and current), this doesn’t provide them with confidence.
AFD helps ensure we capture the address, email, and phone data accurately. One student can provide £50,000 in funding, its essential we don’t let them slip through the application stage due to an incorrect phone number or email address.
Accurate contact data is also essential for student support and pastoral care. If a student misses a class and that’s out of character, we can reach out to them via their phone number or email address and provide the required levels of support to them during their studies.
Head of Student Information Systems, Arden University.
AFD software products which may interest you
Address validation saves time and money. It is the backbone of excellent service, customer retention, data analysis, prevention of duplicates, enhanced reputation and more profitable business performance.
Maintaining a clean, duplicate-free customer, supporter, student, member or prospect address database underpins the foundations of effective marketing, high-quality customer service and punctual delivery.
Email validation saves time and money. A simple mistake in typing an email address makes it impossible for an email to reach the right recipient. For a business or service-based organisation, this can be costly to both revenue and reputation.
Accurate phone and mobile data allows your organisation to maintain contact and relationships with customers. If the contact details in your contact database have errors, communications will fail.
| Grouping | Dataset | Description | Demo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Address | UDPRN | Royal Mail Unique Delivery Point Reference Number assigned to this letter box. | Try It |
| Administrative | Ward Code | Code identifying the electoral ward for this postcode. | Try It |
| Administrative | Ward Name | Name identifying the electoral ward for this postcode. | Try It |
| Administrative | Constituency | Parliamentary Constituency for this postcode. | Try It |
| Administrative | Constituency Code | Parliamentary Constituency Code for this postcode. | Try It |
| Administrative | Authority | Local/Unitary Authority for this postcode. | Try It |
| Demographics | Censation Code | Censation Code assigned to this Postcode. | Try It |
| Demographics | Censation Label | Label for the Censation Code. | Try It |
| Demographics | Affluence | Provides a description of affluence. | Try It |
| Demographics | Lifestage | Provides a description of life stage. | Try It |
| Demographics | Additional Census Info | Additional information from the Census. | Try It |
| Education | LEA Name | Name identifying the Local Education Authority for this postcode. | Try It |
| Education | LEA Code | Code identifying the Local Education Authority for this postcode. | Try It |
| Education | Devolved Constituency Name | Devolved Constituency Name for this postcode (currently covers Scotland). | |
| Education | Devolved Constituency Code | Devolved Constituency Code for this postcode (currently covers Scotland). | |
| Education | POLAR3 Young | The participation of local areas (POLAR) classification groups show how likely young people are to participate in higher education across the UK by postcode. | Try It |
| Education | POLAR3 Adult | The participation of local areas (POLAR) classification groups show how likely young people are to participate in higher education across the UK by postcode. | Try It |
| Education | POLAR4 | POLAR4 classifies local areas across the UK according to the young participation rate in higher education. The rate is calculated by dividing the number of young people from each area who enter higher education aged 18 or 19 by the young population of that area. | Try It |
| Education | Deprivation Rank | The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is a measure of relative deprivation for small areas (Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs). Scottish IMD also avalable. | Try It |
| Education | Deprivation Decile | The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is a measure of relative deprivation for small areas (Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs). Scottish IMD also avalable. | Try It |
| Education | LEP Name | Learning Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Name at the Postcode entered. | Try It |
| Education | LEP Code | Learning Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Code at the Postcode entered. | Try It |
| Education | LEP Name 2 | This is an optional data field and requires a licence to return. | Try It |
| Education | LEP Code 2 | This is an optional data field and requires a licence to return. | Try It |
| Education | AEB Area | Adult Education Budget (AEB) shows which postcodes fall within devolved authority areas. | Try It |
| Education | AEB Source | Source of funding responsible for Adult Education Budget at this postcode. | Try It |
| Education | AEB Effective From/To | Shows the date that the AEB funding was the responsibility of the AEB Source returned. | Try It |
| Education | TUNDRA LSOA | Tracking underrepresentation by area (TUNDRA) classifies local areas in England into five groups (quintiles) based on the proportion of state-funded school pupils who participate in higher education. LSOA uses 2011 lower super output area (LSOA) as the definition of local area. | Try It |
| Education | TUNDRA MSOA | Tracking underrepresentation by area (TUNDRA) classifies local areas in England into five groups (quintiles) based on the proportion of state-funded school pupils who participate in higher education. MSOA uses 2011 middle super output area (MSOA) as the definition of local area. | Try It |
| General | UPRN | This is an optional data field and requires a licence to return. | Try It |
| Geographical | Grid E | Grid Easting as a 6 digit reference. | Try It |
| Geographical | Grid N | Grid Northing as a 6 digit reference. | Try It |
| Geographical | Latitude | Latitude representation of Grid Reference in Decimal Format (WGS84) 9 digit reference (53.6655850). | Try It |
| Geographical | Longitude | Longitude representation of Grid Reference in Decimal Format (WGS84) 9 digit reference (53.6655850). | Try It |
| Property Characteristics | Multiple Residency Indicator | Indicates if an address is a multiple residency address, e.g., a flat within a building with a single delivery point. This is a single character – O for Multiple Residency Owner, M for Multiple Residency address. 1 where the flag is indicated, 0 where the flag is not valid. This is only available to Multiple Residency users. | Try It |
| Property Characteristics | Not Yet Built | Identify and deliver services to the addresses of properties that are at the planning and construction stage. | Try It |
Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)
Relative rank of each small area in England from most deprived to least deprived.
Participation of Local Areas (POLAR)
Developed by the Office for Students (OfS), the POLAR classification groups areas across the UK based on the proportion of the young population that participates in higher education.
Adult Education Budget (AEB)
Learner addresses that fall within areas of devolved funding, helping to understand at the point of interest/enrolment which funding body is responsible for the learner.
Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP)
Voluntary partnerships between local authorities and businesses to help determine local economic priorities and lead economic growth and job creation within the local area.
Local Education Authority (LEA)
Local councils in England and Wales responsible for education within their jurisdiction.
Censation® is AFD’s own geodemographic classification system that assigns one of 52 group codes to most UK postcodes. The code system uses the latest Census data, which is the most complete and comprehensive survey of the UK population. Whilst not specifically developed for the Education Sector, Censation has a wide range of possible applications and can be used to give an indication of the socioeconomic background of an applicant
We serve thousands of organisations and a network of hundreds of partners across multiple industry sectors, enabling them to have full confidence in their contact data.