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School census and school workforce census
UPDATE: The next school census will be on Thursday 20th May and we will update the guidance etc as soon as possible prior to this.
- Census dates
School Census
- Autumn 2020: Census date: 01 October 2020 (return by 06 October 2020)
- Spring 2021: Census date: 21 January 2021 (return by 26 January 2021)
- Summer 2021: Census date: 20 May 2021 (return by 25 May 2021)
School workforce census
- Autumn 2020: Census date: 05 November 2020 (return by 13 November 2020)
- Latest
- Guidance notes
School census
- Devon School Census Quick Guide
- Devon School Census Supporting Guide
- School Census Checklist
- Census guidance from Scomis
- GOV.UK – complete the school census
- COLLECT notepad entries to DfE queries
School workforce census
- Devon School Workforce Census 2020 Guide
- Devon Workforce Census checklist – all schools
- Devon Workforce Census – Federations – additional guidance
- Devon Workforce Census – Federations – additional checklist
- Devon Workforce Census FAQs
- DfE Workforce Census: guide to submitting data (GOV.UK)
- DfE acceptable notes for Workforce Census errors/queries
- DfE COLLECT guide for schools
- 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
- Guide to Pupil Premium for Devon Maintained Schools
- Service children pupil premium – MOD personnel categories
- Pupil premium imports – sims users
- Free school meal/UIFSM information on school census
- School census: notepad entries for COLLECT
- 2020/21 attendance Codes for school census (second set of codes relate to 2020/21)
SIMS notes
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 admission form, or amend the sample form as they consider necessary.
- School census statistics