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Guidance

School workforce census: summary specification

Information on the scope of, and business rationale for, the school workforce census 2025. 2024.

From:
Department for Education
Published
28 July 2022
Last updated
2119 July 20252024 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

School workforce census 20252024 summary: technical specification

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Details

This document is for software suppliers and users of:

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

It explains what information software suppliers should include in school summary reports for the school workforce census 2025.2024.

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.

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Update history

2026-06-25 16:02
Added the ‘School workforce census 2026 summary: technical specification’.

2025-07-21 15:21
Added ‘School workforce census 2025 summary: technical specification’.

2024-07-19 15:29
Added ‘School workforce census 2024 summary: technical specification’.

2023-11-14 09:59
Updated the ‘School workforce census 2022: summary specification’ for the 2023 version.

2022-07-28 15:42
First published.