Department For Education
September 13
13:30
2023
Details
This is technical information about submitting data for the school census for 2023 to 2024.
It is for those who:
- supply software for school management information systems (MIS)
- use school MIS software
The specification shows:
- changes to the previous years census collection
- data schools should supply at school level and pupil level
- how to structure the data in XML
- how to check the data against the validation rules
You should also read the common basic data set. This defines common data items that schools use in