Guidance about every piece of information you need to send us in autumn 2023, spring and summer 2024.
Complete the school census
Guidance for schools and local authorities on what data we need and how to submit it.
Guidance: How DfE shares personal data
Information on how the Department for Education (DfE) and its executive agencies share personal data.
Guidance: Apply for Department for Education (DfE) personal data
How to apply for access to personal data from DfE and its executive agencies.
Guidance: Apply for online education accreditation
How eligible providers of full-time online education can apply to join the DfE accreditation scheme.
Statutory guidance: Participation of young people: education, employment and training
Statutory guidance for local authorities on their duties relating to the participation of young people in education, employment or training.
Guidance: Performance points: comparing KS4 or 16 to 18 qualifications
An introduction to calculating the performance points for key stage 4 or 16 to 18 qualifications.
Guidance: Key stage 4 qualifications, discount codes and point scores
Approved key stage 4 qualifications (GCSEs, Technical Awards, AS levels and graded music exams), discount codes and point scores for reporting in the 2014 to 2026 school and college performance tables.
Official Statistics: Pupil attendance in schools
Data on the levels of attendance and overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools.
Guidance: Children looked after return 2023 to 2024: technical specifications
Data submission specifications for the children looked after (CLA) return for 2023 to 2024.