Guidance: COLLECT guides for schools and local authorities

Guides for schools and local authorities submitting data using COLLECT.

Documents

COLLECT guide for schools

Ref: DFE-00360-2016PDF, 2.03MB, 27 pages

COLLECT matching and reconciliation guidance for local authorities

Ref: DFE-00284-2017 PDF, 1.87MB, 23 pages

COLLECT matching and reconciliation guidance for academies and free schools

Ref: DFE-00283-2017PDF, 1.99MB, 21 pages

Details

These guides will help schools and local authorities complete and submit data using COLLECT (Collections Online – Learners, Education, Children and Teachers).

COLLECT is the Department for Education’s centralised data collection and management system.

The guides include information on:

• accessing COLLECT
• uploading and submitting data
• error queries
• matching and reconciliation (school workforce census only)

Video guide to COLLECT

Generic COLLECT Guide

Published 22 December 2016
Last updated 26 July 2019 + show all updates

1. 26 July 2019 ‘COLLECT guide for local authorities’ and ‘COLLECT guide for schools’ updated.
2. 17 October 2018 Replaced ‘COLLECT matching and reconciliation guidance for local authorities’ and ‘COLLECT matching and reconciliation guidance for academies and free schools’ with updated documents.
3. 16 November 2017 Added video guide.
4. 19 October 2017 Added 2 matching and reconciliation documents (for school workforce census).
5. 22 December 2016 First published.