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Technical specification and validation rules describing the requirements for the school-level annual school census (SLASC).
How local authorities should submit information about reviews of cases where schools have suspended or expelled pupils.
Guide for all local authorities to help them complete and return the school exclusion reviews data collection 2026.
Files for the electronic transfer of 2026 co-ordinated admissions data, primarily for use by software suppliers.
Technical documents for software suppliers for common transfer file (CTF) 20.
Technical specification and validation rules for submitting 2024 to 2025 school census data.
Information on the scope of, and business rationale for, the school workforce census 2025.
Technical documents for software suppliers for common transfer file (CTF) 24.
Guide for local authorities to help them complete and return the 2026 school admission appeals data collection.
Guide for local authorities completing the school preference data collections 2026.
Guide to help local authorities complete the 2025 census.
Specifications for software suppliers developing school summary reports for the school censuses in autumn 2024, spring 2025 and summer 2025.
A list of COLLECT queries and explanatory notes to help schools, academies and local authorities complete the 2016 school workforce census.
Files for the electronic transfer of 2025 co-ordinated admissions data, primarily for use by software suppliers.
Guide for local authorities to help them complete and return the 2025 phonics screening check data collection.
The requirements local authorities should meet when submitting data for the 2026 school preference data collections.
Assessment framework specification files for software suppliers developing management information systems (MIS).
Files for the electronic transfer of 2022 co-ordinated admissions data, primarily for use by software suppliers.
Technical documents for software suppliers for common transfer file (CTF) 22.
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