Guidance

School preference data collections: technical specification

The requirements local authorities should meet when submitting data for the 2024 school preference data collections.

From:
Department for Education
Published
6 October 2022
Last updated
1 September 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

School preference (child level) data collection 2024: business and technical specification

PDF, 368 KB, 47 pages

Details

This business and technical specification explains:

  • what data local authorities should submit
  • how to structure the data in XML
  • the validation rules that the Department for Education will apply to the data

You should also read the common basic data set (CBDS). This defines common data items that we use in our data collections.

More guidance on submitting data to complete the school preference collections is available.

Published 6 October 2022
Last updated 1 September 2023 + show all updates

  1. ' School preference (child level) data collection 2024: business and technical specification' replaced the version for 2023.

  2. First published.

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