Guidance

School workforce census 2016: business and technical specification

Information on the scope and business rationale of the school workforce census 2016.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 18 March 2016
• Last updated: 17 August 2016 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 30 July 2019

This document is for the 2015 school workforce census. For the current census, visit our guide to submitting data for the school workforce census.

Applies to England

Documents

School workforce census 2016: business and technical specification

Ref: DFE-00088-2016

PDF, 1.15 MB, 65 pages

School workforce census 2016: school summary report technical specification

PDF, 576 KB, 28 pages

School workforce census 2016: validation rules

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 46.8 KB

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Details

These documents give technical information about submitting data for the 2016 school workforce census. They describe the data items for collection in the census.

These documents are for software suppliers and users of:

• school management information systems (MIS)
• local authority HR and payroll systems

Schools can use the summary report to check the accuracy of their census data before sending it to their local authority or to us.

You should also read the common basic data set (CBDS). This defines common data items that schools and local authorities use in their management software and that we use in our data collections.

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

Published 18 March 2016
Last updated 17 August 2016 + show all updates

1. 17 August 2016

   Added the school workforce census 2016 validation rules.

2. 7 July 2016

   Added 'School workforce census 2016: school summary report technical specification'.

3. 18 March 2016

   First published.