{"id":107,"date":"2015-07-30T13:52:49","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T12:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/schoolssupport\/services-and-contacts\/school-census\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:18:13","slug":"school-census","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/administration-and-finance\/administration\/school-census\/","title":{"rendered":"School Census and School Workforce Census"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Census dates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">School census<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Autumn 2025: Census date: 02 October 2025 (return by 07 October 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spring 2026: Census date: 15 January 2026 (return by 20 January 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Summer 2026: Census date: 21 May 2026 (return by 22 May 2026) &#8211; <strong>Please note earlier date for return by.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">School workforce census<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Autumn 2025: Census date: 06 November 2025 (return by 14 November 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Latest Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">School census<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>currently being updated for the Summer 2026 School Census<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/administration-and-finance\/administration\/school-census\/school-census-bulletin-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Census Bulletin 1 &#8211; Summer 2026<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/administration-and-finance\/administration\/school-census\/school-census-bulletin-2-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Census Bulletin 2 &#8211; Known Issues\/Updates &#8211; Summer 2026.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/faq.scomis.org\/kb2401349\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">School Census latest information regarding school census &#8211; Scomis website.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">School workforce census<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/faq.scomis.org\/?s=workforce+census+2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Workforce Census latest information regarding school workforce census &#8211; Scomis website<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/administration-and-finance\/administration\/school-census\/workforce-census-bulletin-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Workforce Census Bulletin 1 &#8211; 2025<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/faq.scomis.org\/kb2399117\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Workforce Census &#8211; Scomis Bulletin &#8211; Known Issues<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">School census guidance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>currently being updated for the Summer 2026 School Census<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/administration-and-finance\/administration\/school-census\/school-census-quick-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Census Quick Guide<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/administration-and-finance\/administration\/school-census\/school-census-guidance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Census Supporting Guide<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/administration-and-finance\/administration\/school-census\/school-census-checklist-spring-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Census Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/faq.scomis.org\/kb2401349\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faq.scomis.org\/kb2400810\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">School Census guidance &#8211; Scomis.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/complete-the-school-census\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Census guidance &#8211; DfE &#8211; GOV.UK &#8211; complete the school census<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional guidance notes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/data-protection-and-privacy-privacy-notices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data protection: Privacy notices for schools &#8211; DfE<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/complete-the-school-census\/statutory-requirement-data-sharing-and-regulations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data sharing, privacy notices and data security DfE (school census)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjKspbIhu-PAxWoSEEAHfFcJl4QFnoECAsQAQ&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F5cd5822840f0b6604efa74e2%2FSchool_Census_Notepad_entries_2023_24_v.1.3.ods&amp;usg=AOvVaw10Y_1y-sGNstj4naWiKgsz&amp;opi=89978449\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjKspbIhu-PAxWoSEEAHfFcJl4QFnoECAsQAQ&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F5cd5822840f0b6604efa74e2%2FSchool_Census_Notepad_entries_2023_24_v.1.3.ods&amp;usg=AOvVaw10Y_1y-sGNstj4naWiKgsz&amp;opi=89978449\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">School Census &#8211; COLLECT notepad entries to DfE queries &#8211; (excel download)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/administration-and-finance\/administration\/school-census\/alternative-provision-placements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alternative Provision&nbsp; &#8211; school arranged placements (school census)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/complete-the-school-census\/find-a-school-census-code-applicable-from-august-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Attendance Codes from August 2024<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/working-together-to-improve-school-attendance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Attendance working together to improve school attendance &#8211; DfE<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/administration-and-finance\/administration\/school-census\/department-for-education-definition-and-notes-childcare-provision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Childcare Provision for school census &#8211; DfE<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/administration-and-finance\/administration\/school-census\/early-years-useful-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Early Years Useful Information<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/complete-the-school-census\/find-a-school-census-code-applicable-from-august-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ethnicity codes for school census<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/administration-and-finance\/administration\/free-school-meals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Free School meal information &#8211; DCC<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/free-school-meals-guidance-for-schools-and-local-authorities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free school meal information &#8211; DfE<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"Last updated: 09\/01\/2013\" href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/sites\/PublicDocs\/Education\/_layouts\/15\/guestaccess.aspx?guestaccesstoken=tugSEol%2bO4V54SB%2fV2vg90P7S7H3v6Tmny3zlCOFs6w%3d&amp;docid=01cce83931439442c950ec0b7769af607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Service children&nbsp; &#8211; MOD personnel categories &#8211; DfE<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/send\/send-strategic-support\/devon-sen-census-guidance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEN school census guidance from Devon SEN team<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">School workforce census guidance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/administration-and-finance\/administration\/school-census\/school-workforce-census-guidance-all-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Workforce Census 2025 Guide&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/administration-and-finance\/administration\/school-census\/school-workforce-census-checklist-all-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Workforce Census checklist &#8211; all schools<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/administration-and-finance\/administration\/school-census\/federation-guidance-for-federated-schools-with-one-personnel-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Workforce Census &#8211; Federations &#8211; additional guidance<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/school-workforce-census-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Workforce Census &#8211; DfE &#8211; guide to submitting data (GOV.UK)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/collect-guides-for-schools-and-local-authorities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Workforce Census &#8211; DfE COLLECT guide for schools<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/faq.scomis.org\/kb2399117\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Workforce Census &#8211; Scomis Bulletin 2025 &#8211; Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional guidance notes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/data-protection-and-privacy-privacy-notices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data protection: Privacy notices for schools &#8211; DfE<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.bromcom.com\/article-categories\/school-workforce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Workforce Census &#8211; Bromcom guidance<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/administration-and-finance\/administration\/school-census\/workforce-census-federations-quick-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Workforce Census &#8211; Federations &#8211; quick reports<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/administration-and-finance\/administration\/school-census\/https-www-devon-gov-uk-supportforschools-administration-school-census\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Workforce Census &#8211; Teachers Pay Range Information<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/administration-and-finance\/administration\/school-census\/school-business-professional-sims-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Workforce Census &#8211; School Business Professional<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/administration-and-finance\/administration\/school-census\/membership-of-the-senior-leadership-team-sims-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Workforce Census &#8211; Senior Leadership Team<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/media\/68fa26b8b3e33205c4e6f019\/School_workforce_minimum_notepad_entries_guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Workforce Census &#8211; DfE COLLECT notepad entries<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/media\/67bdc44321d07694be8d76a3\/School_Workforce_Validation_Rules_2025_v1.ods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Workforce Census &#8211; DfE validation rules 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"templates\">Templates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:x:\/s\/PublicDocs\/Education\/Ea-5T8ZxxLpEulmEprUQdF8B26II4qW-UgGCNCLM4Pof4Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calculating group sizes for leadership pay ranges<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>*S11\/1 Data collection on admission to school: Pupil information, S11\/2 data collection on admission to school: contacts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>*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.&nbsp; Please email <a href=\"mailto:census@devon.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">census@devon.gov.uk<\/a> and we will send you a copy of the form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/sites\/PublicDocs\/Education\/_layouts\/15\/download.aspx?guestaccesstoken=I8%2fPMxUO8ik1sRqqgnpJU4DIrfyIyEFU3h0Dyljfyxo%3d&amp;docid=050a6a2fc08214bb4ae715d885b250966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Template for Primary Classes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/sites\/PublicDocs\/Education\/_layouts\/15\/download.aspx?guestaccesstoken=g5fuoDFnBr%2b9okow6DT7y0AaRJ1yAqLymIeVP3rauUM%3d&amp;docid=0e592894d41834df2a7332685bb3b81c9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Template for Secondary Classes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pupil forecasts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:x:\/s\/PublicDocs\/Education\/ESHaoXx2_-dMgSd18qmcevgBc-Key_aematbPMsO3vLeVQ?e=kucws3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forecast Module: All maintained Primary and Secondary Schools in Devon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">School census statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/educationandfamilies\/school-information\/education-statistics\/school-census-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School census data from previous years<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All you need to know about the school census and school workforce census.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":6066,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-107","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 04:22:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36398,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions\/36398"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}