Guidance

Alternative provision census 2015: technical specification

The validation rules and technical specification describing the requirements for the alternative provision census 2015.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 1 July 2014
• Last updated: 9 September 2014 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 31 July 2019

These documents are for the 2015 alternative provision census. For the current census, visit our guide to submitting data for the alternative provision census.

Documents

Alternative provision census 2015: business and technical specification

Ref: DFE-00471-2014

PDF, 694 KB, 33 pages

Alternative provision census 2015: validation rules

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 172 KB

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Details

The technical and business specification describes the alternative provision census 2015. It will allow local authorities and those working on their behalf, such as software suppliers, to prepare the necessary data and processes.

The documents cover the expected census return to the Department for Education and the validation rules which will be applied to the data submitted.

Published 1 July 2014
Last updated 9 September 2014 + show all updates

1. 9 September 2014

   Added updated alternative provision census 2015 document, including a number of changes which are described in the version history of the document.

2. 14 July 2014

   Added updated validation rules document AP Census Validations Version 1.1.

3. 1 July 2014

   First published.