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Information on how the Department for Education (DfE) and its executive agencies share personal data.
The specifications of SEN2 reports that local authorities can run in COLLECT.
How local authorities can share aggregate data on children who receive elective home education (EHE) and those children missing education (CME).
How local authorities should report data for the annual special educational needs survey, commonly known as SEN2.
Technical specification and validation rules for submitting 2025 to 2026 school census data.
An appropriate MIS can have a clear impact on pupil outcomes and staff workload.
Technical specification and validation rules for local authorities completing returns for the 2027 special educational needs person level surveys (SEN2).
Specifications for software suppliers developing school summary reports for the school censuses in autumn 2025, spring 2026 and summer 2026.
Guide for local authorities completing returns for the person level 2027 special educational needs survey, commonly known as person level SEN2.
Guidance on collecting data for LAMSA, formerly known as the parental responsibility measures for attendance collection.
How independent schools must collect and submit data for the school-level annual school census (SLASC).
Guidance on how to apply to access the LEO standard extract through the Office for National Statistics secure research service.
Guide to help local authorities complete the 2026 census.
Technical documents for software suppliers for common transfer file (CTF) 25.
How local authorities should collect phonics screening check data from all local-authority-maintained schools, academies and free schools.
Supporting guidance for local authorities submitting the elective home education (EHE) and children missing education (CME) 2026 to 2027 academic year data collections.
How local authorities should submit data for the annual school preference collections.
Help for local authorities submitting the required data for the annual school capacity (SCAP) survey.
Information on the scope of, and business rationale for, the school workforce census 2026.
Business and technical specification for local authorities and software suppliers to prepare for the alternative provision census 2027.
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