Guidance

School census 2016 to 2017: guide for schools and LAs

A guide to help schools and local authorities (LAs) complete and submit their autumn 2016 to summer 2017 school census data.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 4 May 2016
• Last updated: 19 April 2017 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 2 August 2019

These documents are for the 2016 to 2017 school census. For the current census, visit our guide to submitting data for the school census.

Applies to England

Documents

School census autumn 2016 to summer 2017 guide: version 1.6

Ref: DFE-00125-2016

PDF, 3.55 MB, 164 pages

Details

This guide will help schools and local authorities:

• understand the purpose of the school census
• see the changes from the previous year’s census
• add the right level of data to their management information system
• update and maintain their data during the year
• complete the 2016 to 2017 school census data collections

The business and technical specification is available.

More guidance on submitting school census data is also available.

Published 4 May 2016
Last updated 19 April 2017 + show all updates

1. 19 April 2017

   Replaced document with version 1.6. The changes are described in the document's annex A.

2. 10 January 2017

   Replaced document with version 1.5.

3. 1 November 2016

   Replaced document with version 1.4 - changes are described in 'Annex A - Errata'.

4. 21 September 2016

   Replaced document with version 1.3 - changes are described in the document's version history.

5. 5 August 2016

   Replaced document - changes are described in the document's version history.

6. 21 July 2016

   Replaced document - changes are described in the document's version history.

7. 4 May 2016

   First published.