How the Department for Education will use and store information provided to it in relation to the promotion of government skills and training programmes.
Alternative provision census
How local authorities should submit data for the alternative provision (AP) census.
Data items
Details about the information that you must submit.
Submitting and checking a return
Information on accessing and using our data collection systems to send us your AP census data.
Changes from the previous AP census
Details of what’s changed since the last census.
Which pupils to include
Find out which pupils are in scope for the alternative provision census.
Census dates
Find out when you’ll need to submit data to us.
Press release: England’s World Leading Attendance Drive Continues
Next phase of DfE’s world-leading attendance drive will provide new data for schools to help them spot trends in children’s attendance for earlier intervention.
Guidance: Childminder agencies: list of agencies
Information for childminders and providers of childcare on domestic premises wishing to register with a childminder agency.
Policy paper: Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE): overview
Find out what the LLE is and how this new post-18 student-finance system will work from 2025.