Early years census

Guide to submitting data, COLLECT guide, technical specification, closed collections.

Get emails for this topic

Guidance and regulation

• Early years census: technical specification
  • Guidance
  • 11 July 2025
  • Department for Education
• Early years census 2016: technical specification
  • Guidance
  • 12 February 2016
  • Department for Education

See more guidance and regulation in this topic

News and communications

Information sharing in the foundation years: ministerial letter

21 November 2013 — Correspondence

Department for Education and Department of Health and Social Care

See more news and communications in this topic

Organisations

• Department for Education
• Department of Health & Social Care