Guidance

School preference data collections 2014: technical specification

This business and technical specification describes the requirements for the school preference data collections 2014.

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This document is for the 2014 school preference data collection. For the current collection, visit school preference data collections: guide to submitting data.

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This specification describes the requirements for the school preference data collections 2014. The data to be collected will consist of:

  • local authority details
  • local authority-level information on the total number of places available
  • child-level information for those children in scope, including personal details and information about their school preferences and any offer made

The collection will involve the local authority making 2 returns, 1 each to cover admissions applications in relation to both primary and secondary school children.

Updates to this page

Published 20 November 2013
Last updated 22 January 2014 + show all updates
  1. Updated with version 1.3 of the technical specification.

  2. Version 1.2 of the technical specification published.

  3. First published.

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