Guidance

School census autumn 2017 to summer 2018: school summary reports

Specifications for software suppliers developing school summary reports for the school censuses in autumn 2017, spring 2018 and summer 2018.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 19 April 2017
• Last updated: 9 April 2018 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 2 August 2019

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 2017 to 2018: summer - school summary report technical specification, version 1.3

Ref: DFE-00137-2017

PDF, 330 KB, 37 pages

School census 2017 to 2018: spring - school summary report technical specification, version 1.3

Ref: DFE-00136-2017

PDF, 429 KB, 54 pages

School census 2017 to 2018: autumn - school summary report technical specification, version 1.2

Ref: DFE-00138-2017

PDF, 424 KB, 56 pages

Details

These documents are for suppliers developing software for school management information systems (MIS).

They explain what information software suppliers should include in school summary reports for the school census. Schools can then use the reports to check the accuracy of their termly school census data before sending it to their local authority or to us.

More guidance on submitting data for the school census is available.

Published 19 April 2017
Last updated 9 April 2018 + show all updates

1. 9 April 2018

   Updated the summer census report specifications. The version history explains the updates.

2. 15 January 2018

   Updated the spring census report specifications, the version history explains the updates.

3. 5 October 2017

   Updated the autumn, spring and summer technical specifications. Each document's version history explains the updates.

4. 4 August 2017

   Updated the autumn, spring and summer technical specifications. Each document's version history explains the updates.

5. 19 April 2017

   First published.