Guidance

School census 2022 to 2023: technical information

Technical specification and validation rules for submitting 2022 to 2023 school census data.

Applies to England

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This is technical information about submitting data for the school census 2022 to 2023.

Use this if you’re:

  • a supplier of software for school management information systems (MIS)
  • a user of school MIS software

The specification contains:

  • changes to the previous year’s census collection
  • what data schools should supply at school level and pupil level
  • how to structure the data in XML
  • how to check the data against the validation rules

You should also read the common basic data set. This defines common data items that schools use in MIS software and that we use in our data collections.

More guidance on submitting school census data is also available.

Published 17 February 2022
Last updated 29 March 2023 + show all updates
  1. Updated the 'School census 2022 to 2023: validation rules'. Changes are listed in the version history.

  2. Updated the business and technical information document. Changes are listed in the version history.

  3. Updated the 'School census 2022 to 2023: validation rules'. Changes are listed in the version history.

  4. School census 2022 to 2023 validation rules files have been replaced with updated versions. Changes are listed in the version history.

  5. School census 2022 to 2023 validation rules files have been replaced with updated versions. Changes are listed in the version history.

  6. The school census 2022 to 2023 validation rules files have been replaced with updated versions. The changes are listed in the version history and change log.

  7. School census 2022 to 2023 validation rules files have been replaced with an updated version. Changes are listed in the version history.

  8. Updated the 'School census 2022 to 2023: business and technical information' and '2022 to 2023 school census collections validation rules'. Changes are listed in the version history.

  9. Added the 2022 to 2023 school census collections validation rules. Updated the 'School census 2022 to 2023: business and technical information'. Changes are listed in the version history.

  10. First published.