Guidance

School workforce census:census 2023: technical information

Information on the scope and business rationale of the school workforce census 2022.2023.

From:
Department for Education
Published
14 April 2022
Last updated
21 April 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

School workforce census 2022:2023: business and technical specification

PDF, 666595 KB, 7273 pages

School workforce validation rules 2022

ODS, 26.6 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

School workforce validation rules 2022

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 61.2 KB

Details

TheseThis documentsdocument givegives technical information about submitting data for the 20222023 school workforce census. TheyIt describedescribes the data items for collection in the census.

TheseThe documentsdocument areis for software suppliers and users of:

  • school management information systems (MIS)
  • local authority HR and payroll systems

Schools can use the summary report to check the accuracy of their census data before sending it to their local authority or to us.

You should also read the common basic data set (CBDS). This defines common data items that schools and local authorities use in their management software and that we use in our data collections.

More guidance on submitting data for the school workforce census is available.

Published 14 April 2022
Last updated 21 April 2023 + show all updates

  1. 'School workforce census 2023: business and technical specification' was added.

  2. First published.