Data collection and censuses for schools

School censuses and school-level annual school censuses (SLASC), school capacity surveys, phonics screening checks, key stage 1 and 2 assessments data.

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Guidance and regulation

• Phonics screening check data collection: guide to submitting data
  • Detailed guide
  • 24 December 2020
  • Department for Education
• Phonics screening data collection 2021: technical specification
  • Guidance
  • 24 December 2020
  • Department for Education
• School census 2020 to 2021: technical information
  • Guidance
  • 15 January 2021
  • Department for Education
• Data protection: privacy notice model documents
  • Guidance
  • 3 September 2020
  • Department for Education
• School level annual school census 2021 guide
  • Guidance
  • 14 December 2020
  • Department for Education

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News and communications

• Government on track to create one million new school places this decade
  • 28 March 2019
  • Department for Education
  • News story
• Thousands more children on track to become fluent readers
  • 28 September 2017
  • Department for Education
  • News story
• National database of governors
  • 1 July 2016
  • Department for Education
  • News story
• Parents given power of veto on schools’ use of biometric information
  • 15 May 2012
  • Department for Education and Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Assistive technology (AT) stakeholder reports
  • 24 November 2020
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• School workforce in England: November 2019
  • 25 June 2020
  • Department for Education
  • National statistics
• Graduate labour market statistics: 2019
  • 7 May 2020
  • Department for Education
  • Official statistics
• School capacity: academic year 2018 to 2019
  • 26 March 2020
  • Department for Education
  • Official statistics
• School workforce in England: November 2018
  • 9 October 2019
  • Department for Education
  • National statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Moving excise goods as freight under the Northern Ireland Protocol from 1 January 2021
  • 18 December 2020
  • HM Revenue & Customs
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Common basic data set (CBDS): requests for change (RFC) 2020
  • 24 November 2020
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus outbreak: 23 March to 11 June 2020
  • 23 June 2020
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• English proficiency: pupils with English as additional language
  • 27 February 2020
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• Common basic data set (CBDS): requests for change (RFC) 2019
  • 16 August 2019
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• School improvement support for 2018 to 2019: summary statistics
  • 7 May 2019
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Department for Education
• Education & Skills Funding Agency
• HM Revenue & Customs
• Standards & Testing Agency

Explore sub-topics

• Alternative provision censuses
• General hospital school censuses
• Key stage 1 and 2 assessments data collection
• Parental responsibility measures attendance censuses
• Phonics screening checks
• School capacity surveys
• School censuses and school-level annual school censuses (SLASC)
• School exclusion reviews
• School preference and admission appeals data collection
• School workforce censuses
• Special educational needs surveys