Guidance

School workforce census 2019: technical information

Information on the scope and business rationale of the school workforce census 2019.

Applies to England

Documents

School workforce census 2019: business and technical specification

School workforce validation rules 2019

School workforce validation rules 2019

Details

These documents give technical information about submitting data for the 2019 school workforce census. They describe the data items for collection in the census.

These documents are for software suppliers and users of:

  • school management information systems (MIS)
  • local authority HR and payroll systems

Schools can use the summary report to check the accuracy of their census data before sending it to their local authority or to us.

You should also read the common basic data set (CBDS). This defines common data items that schools and local authorities use in their management software and that we use in our data collections.

More guidance on submitting data for the school workforce census is available.

Published 26 March 2019
Last updated 18 June 2019 + show all updates
  1. Business and technical specification updated: the 'Graduate Teacher Programme' has been reinstated in the codeset for QTS route.

  2. Updated validation rules 2019 for the school workforce census.

  3. Added school workforce validation rules.

  4. First published.