Guidance

Early years census 2019: technical specification

Technical specification and validation rules for local authorities and software suppliers preparing for the early years census 2019.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 29 May 2018
• Last updated: 22 January 2019 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 30 July 2019

These documents are for the 2019 early years census. For the current census, visit our guide to submitting data for the early years census.

Applies to England

Documents

Early years census 2019: business and technical specification, version 1.2

Ref: DFE-00165-2018

PDF, 763 KB, 43 pages

Early years census 2019: validation rules, version 1.3

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 187 KB

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Early years census 2019: validation rules, version 1.3

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Details

Information about submitting data for the early years census 2019 for:

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

It explains:

• changes to the previous year’s census collection
• what data local authorities should supply at establishment level and child level
• how to structure the data in XML or CSV format
• how to check the data against the validation rules

The validation rules are available in Excel and OpenDocument formats.

Read more about submitting data for the early years census.

Published 29 May 2018
Last updated 22 January 2019 + show all updates

1. 22 January 2019

   Updated the validation rules spreadsheet to version 1.3. The version history describes the changes.

2. 9 January 2019

   Updated the validation rules spreadsheet to version 1.2. The version history describes the changes.

3. 8 November 2018

   Updated the validation rules spreadsheet to version 1.1. The version history describes the changes.

4. 1 August 2018

   Updated 'Early years census 2019: business and technical specification'. Changes are described in the document's version history.

5. 29 May 2018

   First published.