Guidance

School preference data collections 2017: technical specification

The requirements local authorities should meet when submitting data for the 2017 school preference data collections.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 31 August 2016

This publication was withdrawn on 2 August 2019

This document is for the 2017 school preference data collection. For the current collection, visit school preference data collections: guide to submitting data.

Applies to England

Documents

School preference (child level) data collection 2017

Ref: DFE-00206-2016

PDF, 636 KB, 45 pages

Details

This business and technical specification explains:

• what data local authorities should submit
• how to structure the data in XML
• the validation rules that Department for Education (DfE) will apply to the data

You should also read the common basic data set (CBDS). This defines common data items that we use in our data collections.

More guidance on submitting data to complete the school preference collections is available.

Published 31 August 2016