School census 2023 to 2024: technical information
Technical specification and validation rules for submitting 2023 to 2024 school census data.
Applies to England
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This is technical information about submitting data for the school census for 2023 to 2024.
It is for those who:
- supply software for school management information systems (MIS)
- use school MIS software
The specification shows:
- changes to the previous year’s census collection
- 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 we use in our data collections.
More guidance on submitting school census data is available.
We engage with software suppliers through the software suppliers forum. Software suppliers can join the forum by emailing Queries.SUPPLIER@education.gov.uk.
Last updated 5 February 2024 + show all updates
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Updated Annex B in 'School census 2023 to 2024: annexes', where </FundingBasisItems> has been updated to be applicable for summer.
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Updated the 'School census 2023 to 2024: business and technical specification' -changes are listed in the version history. 'School census 2023 to 2024: validation rules' and 'School census 2023 to 2024: annexes' have also been updated.
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Updated the 'School census 2023 to 2024: validation rules'. Changes are listed in the version history.
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Updated the 'School census 2023 to 2024: validation rules'. Changes are listed in the version history.
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Updated the 'School census 2023 to 2024: validation rules'. Changes are listed in the version history.
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Annex B and G have been updated to include a new code N00787 for expanded hours and to change code N00202 to eligibility.
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Updated the 'School census 2023 to 2024: validation rules'. Changes are listed in the version history.
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Updated the 'School census 2023 to 2024: business and technical specification'. Changes are listed in the version history under Annex H.
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Updated the 'School census 2023 to 2024: validation rules'. Changes are listed in the version history.
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Updated the 'School census 2023 to 2024: validation rules'. Changes are listed in the version history.
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Updated the 'School census 2023 to 2024: validation rules'. Changes are listed in the version history.
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Added 'School census 2023 to 2024: business and technical specification v1.3' and 'School census 2023 to 2024: annexes'.
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'School census validation rules 2023 to 2024' have been added.
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First published.