Early years census: technical specification
Technical specification and validation rules for local authorities and software suppliers preparing for the early years census 2023.
Applies to England
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This is technical information about submitting data for the early years census 2023.
It is for:
- suppliers of software for local authority management information systems (MIS)
- users of local authority MIS software
It explains:
- changes to the previous year’s census collection
- what data local authorities should supply at establishment level and child level
- how to structure the data in XML or CSV format
- how to check the data against the validation rules
The validation rules are available in Excel and OpenDocument formats.
Read more about submitting data for the early years census.
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