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All schools - School Administrators and Business Managers in Maintained Schools

School Census May 2024

Please be aware that the Spring School Census day is Thursday 16 May 2024.

Oxfordshire schools will be given access to the COLLECT website on this day. The authorised file needs to be sent via the COLLECT website by the end of Wednesday 24 May 2024. 

Expanded hours: The data item for expanded hours records up to 15 hours for 2-year-olds with working parents. Other new Items:

  • The DfE are increasing the frequency we are collecting the funding basis data item to termly from summer 2024 onwards.
  • The DfE we will collect the EYPP data item termly from summer 2024 onwards.
  • The DfE are extending the disability access fund indicator from summer 2024 onwards to 2 year olds. 

Please endeavour to remove all the errors from your school's return. Only queries that are correct should remain. Please send the Data Analysis Team an email explaining why any queries are correct so that the team can add notes and the errors can be passed by the DfE. Unfortunately, the team do not see any notes added to your own system, only those added to COLLECT. If you are unsure about any of the errors and queries, we can help. 

As part of the authorisation process the head teacher is expected to check the census summary and the details reports. By uploading the return, it is being acknowledged that the head teacher is happy with the data in the return. New Items:

  • The DfE are increasing the frequency we are collecting the funding basis data item to termly from summer 2024 onwards.
  • The DfE we will collect the EYPP data item termly from summer 2024 onwards 
  • The DfE are extending the disability access fund indicator from summer 2024 onwards to 2 year olds. 

To do: Send the completed Census File to Oxfordshire LA via COLLECT, (please make sure you upload the file with the XML suffix) Send an email to the team email address (dataanalysisteam@oxfordshire.gov.uk) to explain any queries that you are happy are correct.