Census dates
School census
- Autumn 2022: Census date: 06 October 2022 (return by 11 October 2022)
- Spring 2023: Census date: 19 January 2023 (return by 24 January 2023)
- Summer 2023: Census date: 18 May 2023 (return by 23 May 2023)
School workforce census
- Autumn 2022: Census date: 03 November 2022 (return by 11 November 2022)
Latest
School census
- School Census Advance Notice of Changes – 2022/23 academic year.
- School Census Bulletin – Spring 2023
- 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
- Workforce Census Bulletin 2 – Known Issues
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 2022 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 – DfE COLLECT guide for schools
- Workforce Census FAQs
- Workforce Census – Validation & Errors Resolutions (Sims)
- Workforce Census – Teachers Pay Range Information
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
- Department for Education guidance on data sharing, privacy notices and data security
- Childcare Provision – Department for Education guidance
- Service children pupil premium – MOD personnel categories
- Pupil premium – sims users
- Free school meal/UIFSM information on school census
- School census: notepad entries for COLLECT
- Attendance Codes for school census
- Education Recovery Package – FAM school census return
SIMS notes
- Bulk update
- Ethnicity codes
- Backdating history on individual pupils’
- DfE validations and SIMS solutions
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 for a copy of this form if required.