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How to access your school attendance data through the Monitor your school attendance tool.
How to use the good level of development (GLD) data tool to access the Compare your GLD data report.
Suggested privacy notices for schools and local authorities to issue to staff, parents and pupils about data collection and data protection.
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Technical specification for submitting 2026 to 2027 school census data.
Guide for schools and local authorities on unique pupil numbers (UPNs) and a tool for generating them.
How to apply for access to personal data from DfE and its executive agencies.
How local authorities, local-authority-maintained schools, and academies should collect and submit data for the school workforce census.
The latest common basic data set (CBDS) and version control log for use by software suppliers developing management information systems.
The information that schools must provide to the Department for Education (DfE).
Find out about the net capacity assessment (NCA) programme, when school site visits will take place and how to read your NCA report.
Guidance for schools, academy trusts and local authorities on using the monitor your school attendance tool.
Technical documents for software suppliers for common transfer file (CTF) 26.
Technical specification and validation rules for submitting 2025 to 2026 school census data.
Guides for schools and local authorities submitting data using COLLECT.
How local authorities can share aggregate data on children who receive elective home education (EHE) and those children missing education (CME).
Information on the scope and business rationale of the school workforce census 2026.
Information on how the Department for Education (DfE) and its executive agencies share personal data.
How schools and local authorities should securely send pupil records and other information using the school to school (S2S) system.
Find out about the CDC2 programme and when preliminary meetings and school site visits will take place.
Help for local authorities submitting the required data for the annual school capacity (SCAP) survey.
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