Guidance

Children looked after return 2024 to 2025: technical specifications

Data submission specifications for the children looked after (CLA) return for 2024 to 2025.

From:
Department for Education
Published
9 October 2023
Last updated
9 October 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Children looked after return 2024 to 2025: technical specifications

PDF, 917 KB, 48 pages

Children looked after return 2024 to 2025: validation checks

PDF, 622 KB, 133 pages

Details

This is technical information about submitting and validating data for the children looked after data return (also known as SSDA903) for the year 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.

It is for:

  • suppliers creating management information software (MIS) for local authorities
  • users of local authority MIS software

The information includes:

  • a summary of the data items we collect in the return
  • an explanation of formats for submitting the data
  • a list of validation checks applied to the data return

A guide for local authorities, with detailed explanations of what information to include for each data item, is also available.

Updates to this page

Published 9 October 2023
Last updated 9 October 2024 + show all updates

  1. Updated 'Children looked after return 2024 to 2025: technical specifications' and 'Children looked after return 2024 to 2025: validation checks'.

  2. Updated 'Children looked after return 2024 to 2025: validation rules'.

  3. First published.

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