School census 2021 to 2022: technical information
Technical specification and validation rules for submitting 2021 to 2022 school census data.
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School census 2021 to 2022: business and technical information
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2021 to 2022 school census collections validation rules v1.0
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This is technical information about submitting data for the school census 2021 to 2022.
Use this if you’re a:
- supplier of software for school management information systems (MIS)
- user of school MIS software
The specification contains:
- changes to the previous year’s census collection
- what data schools should supply at school level and pupil level
- how to structure the data in XML
- how to check the data against the validation rules
You should also read the common basic data set. This defines common data items that schools use in MIS software and that we use in our data collections.
More guidance on submitting school census data is also available.
Published 10 February 2021
Last updated 1 June 2021 + show all updates
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Updated the ‘School census 2021 to 2022: business and technical information’. Changes are listed in the version history.
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Updated the ‘School census 2021 to 2022: business and technical information’. Changes are listed in the version history.
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