Guidance

General hospital schools census: guide

Guide to help general hospital schools complete their 2025 census.

From:
Department for Education
Published
23 January 2019
Last updated
21 October 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

General hospital schools census 2025: guide

PDF, 413 KB, 24 pages

Details

This guide helps you prepare and submit your school’s annual census return.

Census day for registered general hospital schools is Thursday 16 January 2025.

The census collects the following information from general hospital schools:

  • their contact details
  • how many pupils there are on the attendance register
  • the number of teaching staff and non teaching staff
  • how many pupils have special educational needs (SEN)
  • how many pupils are eligible for free school meals (FSM)

Read more guidance about submitting data for the general hospital schools census.

Updates to this page

Published 23 January 2019
Last updated 21 October 2024 + show all updates

  1. Updated the general hospital schools census guide for 2025.

  2. Updated the general hospital schools census guide for 2024.

  3. Published the guidance for the 2023 census.

  4. Added School level annual school census (SLASC) general hospital schools 2022.

  5. Updated the guidance for the 2021 census.

  6. Updated guidance document and census date for the 2020 census.

  7. First published.

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