Guidance

Alternative provision census 2015: guide

A guide for local authorities (LAs) to help them prepare the census of pupils funded by the LA at a school not maintained by the LA.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 10 September 2014
• Last updated: 29 December 2014 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 31 July 2019

These documents are for the 2015 alternative provision census. For the current census, visit our guide to submitting data for the alternative provision census.

Applies to England

Documents

Alternative provision census 2015: guide

Ref: DFE-00591-2014

PDF, 461 KB, 31 pages

Details

This guide contains information for local authorities to help them collect and submit their annual alternative provision (AP) census.

AP is education arranged for learners who, because of exclusion, illness or other reasons, would not otherwise receive suitable education.

This guide includes details on:

• changes to the census since the 2014 collection
• the scope of the census
• preparation advice
• what child-level data needs to be submitted
• data protection
• guidance on how to maintain census details throughout the year

Published 10 September 2014
Last updated 29 December 2014 + show all updates

1. 29 December 2014

   Added v1.3 of the guide - the document contains a version history giving details of the changes made to the previous version.

2. 24 November 2014

   Document updated (version history listed in document).

3. 23 September 2014

   Document updated (version history listed in document).

4. 10 September 2014

   First published.