Guidance
Consistent financial reporting 2025 to 2026: technical specifications
Data submission specifications for the consistent financial reporting 2025 to 2026.
Applies to England
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Details
This document gives technical information about submitting data for 2025 to 2026 consistent financial reporting. It describes:
- the data items collected
- changes to the previous years
- how to structure the data in XML format
- how to check the data against the validation rules
This document is for software suppliers and users of school and local authority management information systems.
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Updates to this page
Published 13 November 2025