Interactive post-16 school census tool 2023 to 2024
An interactive tool to help schools and academies submit an accurate autumn census return.
Applies to England
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Some institutions risk not getting the correct funding because of inaccurate data returns.
Our post-16 interactive census tool for 2023 to 2024 will help you understand how your data is used to calculate your post-16 funding, as well as helping you understand common errors and how they impact on the funding we calculate. Business managers and staff responsible for preparing and submitting the autumn school census return should find this particularly useful.
This tool is designed to:
- support the return of accurate post-16 school census data
- help schools and academies understand how their school census data is used to calculate their post-16 funding
- explain common errors and how they impact on the level of funding
The tool describes each element of the funding formula (student numbers, retention rate for example) and which parts of census data we use for each element. Each element is illustrated with example data.
The guidance is in an Excel workbook. Please make sure that macros are enabled after opening the tool so that the workbook functions properly.
If you need the workbook in an alternative format, please contact us.