Guidance

SLASC 2019: technical specification

Technical specification and validation rules describing the requirements for the school-level annual school census (SLASC) 2019.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 7 June 2018
• Last updated: 26 October 2018 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 30 July 2019

This document is for the 2019 school-level annual school census (SLASC). For the current census, visit our guide to submitting data for SLASC.

Applies to England

Documents

School-level annual school census 2019: business and technical specification, version 1.1

Ref: DFE-00178-2018

PDF, 912 KB, 46 pages

School-level annual school census 2019: validation rules

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Details

This is technical information about submitting data for the school-level annual school census 2019.

It’s for:

• suppliers of software for school management information systems (MIS)
• users of school MIS software

It applies to registered independent schools only.

The specification describes:

• what data schools should supply
• how to structure the data in XML

Software suppliers should use the list of validation rules so that schools can validate the data they submit.

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

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

Published 7 June 2018
Last updated 26 October 2018 + show all updates

1. 26 October 2018

   Updated documents 'School-level annual school census 2019: validation rules'.

2. 15 June 2018

   Updated business and technical specification. The document's version history describes the changes.

3. 7 June 2018

   First published.