Guidance

School census 2015 to 2016: guide for schools and LAs

A guide to help schools and local authorities (LAs) complete and submit their autumn 2015 to summer 2016 school census data.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 10 April 2015
• Last updated: 27 January 2016 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 2 August 2019

These documents are for the 2015 to 2016 school census. For the current census, visit our guide to submitting data for the school census.

Applies to England

Documents

School census guide: 2015 to 2016

Ref: DFE-00139-2015

PDF, 3.23 MB, 141 pages

Details

This guide will help schools and local authorities:

• understand the purpose of the school census
• add the right level of data to their management information system
• update and maintain their data during the year
• complete the 2015 to 2016 school census data collections

The business and technical specification is available.

More guidance on submitting school census data is also available.

Published 10 April 2015
Last updated 27 January 2016 + show all updates

1. 27 January 2016

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2. 15 January 2016

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3. 11 January 2016

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4. 4 January 2016

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5. 8 December 2015

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6. 23 October 2015

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7. 16 September 2015

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8. 1 September 2015

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9. 4 August 2015

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10. 15 July 2015

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11. 1 July 2015

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12. 10 April 2015

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