Guidance

School preference data collection 2015: technical specification

The requirements local authorities should meet when submitting data for the 2015 school preference data collection.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 2 September 2014
• Last updated: 21 October 2014
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  1. 21 October 2014

     Updated document to version 1.2. Details of revisions are available in the version history section.

  2. 23 September 2014

     Document updated (version history listed in document).

  3. 2 September 2014

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 2 August 2019

This document is for the 2015 school preference data collection. For the current collection, visit school preference data collections: guide to submitting data.

Applies to England

Documents

School preference (child level) data collection: business and technical specification 2015 - version 1.2

Ref: DFE-00498-2014

PDF, 576 KB, 42 pages

Details

This business and technical specification explains:

• what returns DfE expects to receive from local authorities
• the validation rules which DfE will apply to the data local authorities submit

Guidance for local authorities on submitting data to complete the annual school preference collections is available.