Guidance

School census 2017 to 2018: guide for schools and LAs

A guide to help schools and local authorities (LAs) complete and submit their autumn 2017 to summer 2018 school census data.

From:
Department for Education
Published
7 July 2017
Last updated
18 May 2018 — See all updates

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These documents are for the 2017 to 2018 school census. For the current census, visit our guide to submitting data for the school census.

Applies to England

Documents

School census autumn 2017 to summer 2018: guide for schools and LAs

Ref: DFE-00171-2017

PDF, 1.56 MB, 176 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 2017 to 2018 school census data collections

This document should be used as a handbook for data collected for the purposes of the school census and stored in schools’ management information systems (MIS) throughout the year - not just as a guide for census days.

The business and technical specification is available.

More guidance on submitting school census data is also available.

Updates to this page

Published 7 July 2017
Last updated 18 May 2018 + show all updates

  1. Updated the guide. The document's version history explains the changes.

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  4. Updated guide with a small revision to section 5.3.10 (service children in education indicator).

  5. Updated version of school census guide uploaded.

  6. Updated the guide. The document's version history explains the changes.

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