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How local authorities can share aggregate data on children who receive elective home education (EHE) and those children missing education (CME).
Supporting guidance for local authorities submitting the elective home education and children missing education 2025 to 2026 academic year data collections.
Information on how the Department for Education (DfE) and its executive agencies share personal data.
Compare FMS providers so your academy trust can choose a system that will enable you to automate your financial returns to the Department for Education.
Guides for schools and local authorities on submitting data for the school workforce census 2025.
Technical documents for software suppliers for common transfer file (CTF) 25.
An appropriate MIS can have a clear impact on pupil outcomes and staff workload.
How local authorities should submit data for the annual school capacity survey (SCAP).
Technical specification and validation rules for local authorities completing returns for the 2026 and 2027 special educational needs person level surveys (SEN2).
Guidance on how to apply to access the LEO standard extract through the Office for National Statistics secure research service.
Assessment framework specification files for software suppliers developing management information systems (MIS).
How local authorities should submit data for the annual school preference collections.
How local authorities should collect and submit admission appeals data from all community and voluntary-controlled schools in their area.
How local authorities should collect phonics screening check data from all local-authority-maintained schools, academies and free schools.
Business and technical specification for local authorities and software suppliers to prepare for the alternative provision census 2026.
The specifications of SEN2 reports that local authorities can run in COLLECT.
Information on the scope and business rationale of the school workforce census 2025.
Technical specification and validation rules describing the requirements for the school-level annual school census (SLASC).
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