Guidance
General hospital schools census: guide
Guide to help general hospital schools complete their 20242025 census.
Applies to England
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This guide helps you prepare and submit your school’s annual census return.
Census day for registered general hospital schools is Thursday 1816 January 2024.2025.
The census collects the following information from general hospital schools:
- their contact details
- how many pupils there are on the attendance register
- the number of teaching staff and non teaching staff
- how many pupils have special educational needs (SEN)
- how many pupils are eligible for free school meals (FSM)
Read more guidance about submitting data for the general hospital schools census.
Updates to this page
Published 23 January 2019
Last updated1621 October 20232024
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Updated the general hospital schools census guide for 2025.
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Updated the general hospital schools census guide for 2024.
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Published the guidance for the 2023 census.
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Added School level annual school census (SLASC) general hospital schools 2022.
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Updated the guidance for the 2021 census.
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Updated guidance document and census date for the 2020 census.
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First published.