Data items used in the collection

Table of guidance about some of the data items we use.

We have included guidance for some data items below:

Data Item	Guidance
Federated flag	Federated submission – Please enter either ‘No – school is not a federated school’, or ‘Yes – school is federated and returning finance data on behalf of other schools in the federation’. LAEstab numbers of schools in federation - Please enter the LAEstab numbers of schools in the federation for whom you are returning finance data.
Data preparation	If the school has been involved in the preparation of the CFR return, please enter ‘Y’, otherwise ‘N’.
Data version	This will be an automatic response from the school’s MIS system. If there are any red errors on the CFR return preliminary will be attached to it, if there are no red errors then final will be attached.
Complete	Is this data for a full financial year? ‘Y’ = full year, ‘N’ = partial year, that is school opened or closed
Cash or accruals	Enter either ‘Cash’ or ‘Accruals’ depending on the accounting basis used by the school.
Rates exempt	If your school is exempt from rates, then please enter ‘Y’, otherwise ‘N’.
Insurance	If your school’s insurance policies/premiums have been purchased centrally, at no cost to the school, then please enter ‘Y’, otherwise ‘N’.