School censuses and school-level annual school censuses (SLASC)

Guidance on collecting and returning school census data including technical specification and how to submit data using COLLECT.

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Guidance and regulation

• School census 2025 to 2026: technical information
  • Guidance
  • 16 April 2025
  • Department for Education
• School census 2024 to 2025: technical information
  • Guidance
  • 27 January 2025
  • Department for Education
• School census autumn 2024 to summer 2025: school summary report
  • Guidance
  • 20 September 2024
  • Department for Education
• School-level annual school census: guide to submitting data
  • Detailed guide
  • 11 February 2025
  • Department for Education
• School-level annual school census: guide
  • Guidance
  • 21 October 2024
  • Department for Education

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• English proficiency: pupils with English as additional language
  • 27 February 2020
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• The proportion of pupils in academies and free schools, in England, in October 2018
  • 23 January 2019
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Department for Education