These guides will help schools and local authorities complete and submit data using COLLECT (Collections Online - Learners, Education, Children and Teachers).
COLLECT is the Department for Educations centralised data collection and management system.
The guides include information on:
accessing COLLECT
uploading and submitting data
error queries
matching and reconciliation (school workforce census only)
Published 22 December 2016 Last updated 31 October 2023 +show all updates
Updated the 'COLLECT Matching and reconciliation guidance for academies and free schools' and 'COLLECT Matching and reconciliation guidance for local authorities' for the school workforce census 2023.
Updated 'COLLECT matching and reconciliation guidance for academies and free schools' and 'COLLECT matching and reconciliation guidance for local authorities' for the school workforce census 2021.
Added 'COLLECT matching and reconciliation guidance for academies and free schools 2020' and 'COLLECT matching and reconciliation guidance for local authorities 2020'.
'COLLECT matching and reconciliation guidance for local authorities' and 'COLLECT matching and reconciliation guidance
