Census dates
School census
- Autumn 2024: Census date: 03 October 2024 (return by 08 October 2024)
- Spring 2025: Census date: 16 January 2025 (return by 21 January 2025)
- Summer 2025: Census date: 15 May 2025 (return by 20 May 2025)
School workforce census
- Autumn 2024: Census date: 07 November 2024 (return by 15 November 2024)
Latest
School census
- School Census – Summer School Census 2025 – From Sims to Bromcom
- School Census Bulletin 1 – Spring 2025.
- School Census Bulletin 2 – Known Issues/Updates – Spring 2025.
- School Census latest information regarding school census – Scomis website.
School workforce census
- Workforce Census latest information regarding school workforce census – Scomis website.
- Workforce Census Bulletin 1 – 2024
- Workforce Census Bulletin 2 – Known Issues 2024
Guidance notes
School census
- School Census Quick Guide
- School Census Supporting Guide
- School Census Checklist
- School Census guidance – Scomis.
- School Census guidance – DfE – GOV.UK – complete the school census
- School Census – COLLECT notepad entries to DfE queries – (excel download)
School workforce census
- Workforce Census 2024 Guide
- Workforce Census checklist – all schools
- Workforce Census – Federations – additional guidance
- Workforce Census – DfE – guide to submitting data (GOV.UK)
- Workforce Census errors/queries – DfE acceptable notes
- Workforce Census – queries & solutions (ESS – sims users)
- Workforce Census – DfE COLLECT guide for schools
- Workforce Census – Teachers Pay Range Information
- Workforce Census – School Business Professional
- Workforce Census – Senior Leadership Team
Pupil forecasts
Please note: the Pupil Forecast Sheets are no longer required. School Finance use the school census numbers on roll and the School Forecast Module to support them in their work. The School Forecast Module can be accessed by the following link;
Additional guidance and templates
Additional guidance notes
- Data protection: Privacy notices for schools – DfE
- Data sharing, privacy notices and data security DfE (school census)
- Acceptable notepad entries for COLLECT (school census)
- Alternative Provision – school arranged placements (school census)
- Attendance Codes from August 2024
- Attendance working together to improve school attendance – DfE
- Childcare Provision for school census – DfE
- Early Years Useful Information
- Ethnicity codes for school census
- Free School meal information – DCC – update March 2025
- Free school meal information – DfE
- Service children – MOD personnel categories – DfE
- SEN school census guidance from Devon SEN team
Templates
- Calculating group sizes for leadership pay ranges
- *S11/1 Data collection on admission to school: Pupil information, S11/2 data collection on admission to school: contacts
*The S11 admission form is a sample form which captures information required for the school census and other information that might be relevant to schools. It is not a mandatory form that schools must use, schools can produce their own collection form, or amend the sample form as they consider necessary. Please email census@devon.gov.uk and we will send you a copy of the form.