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
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 |
| Business | Phone | STD Code or Phone Number. | Try It |
| Business | Business | Provides a description of the type of business. | Try It |
| Business | Size | Gives an indication of the number of employees of an organisation at this particular office. | Try It |
| Business | SIC Code | Gives an indication of the number of employees of an organisation at this particular office. | Try It |
| Business | Location Type | The type of Business Location, e.g. Head Office or Branch Office. | Try It |
| Business | Branch Count | The number of branches for this business. | Try It |
| Business | Group ID | An ID of the Group where a business is part of a wider group. | Try It |
| Business | Turnover | The modelled annual turnover for the business. | Try It |
| Business | National Size | Gives an indication of the number of employees of an organisation covering all sites. | 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 |
| 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 |
| Residential Individual | Name | Name of Resident. | Try It |
| Residential Individual | Residency | This indicates the number of years the selected resident has been on the electoral roll at this address. | Try It |
| Residential Individual | Household Composition | This describes the household composition of the selected address. | Try It |
| Residential Individual | On Edited Roll | Shows records that appear on the edited electoral roll and can be used for Marketing purposes. | Try It |
| Residential Individual | Gender | The gender (M or F) of the resident if known. | Try It |
| Residential Individual | Forename | Resident’s Forename. | Try It |
| Residential Individual | Middle Initial | Resident’s Middle Initial. | Try It |
| Residential Individual | Surname | Resident’s Surname. | Try It |
| Residential Individual | Date Of Birth | Resident’s Date Of Birth. | 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.