Statutory School Census - 2017/18 Academic Year

The statutory school census dates of the 2017/18 academic year are as follows:

	Census Day	Deadline for return to the LA
Autumn	Thursday 5th October 2017	Friday 6th October 2017
Spring	Thursday 18th January 2018	Friday 19th January 2018
Summer	Thursday 17th May 2018	Friday 18th May 2018

The data collected via these returns are used by the DFE for funding purposes, to inform policy decisions, underpins Analyse School Performance (previously RAISEonline) and school performance tables.

It is therefore vitally important that you are satisfied with the accuracy of your schools’ return before uploading it to the LA, and that it is returned by the prescribed deadline.

Prior to each census ICT Development Service will up-load census documentation to the Warwickshire Learning Platform (WeLearn365) which can be found at: http://bit.ly/midaspages and on the download site http://wsd.we-learn.com/downloads. These will assist you in preparing and running your census returns.

If you have any technical queries regarding the SIMS system and generating the return please contact the ICT Development Service Desk on (01926) 414100.

If you have any other questions about this data collection, please contact Michelle Ali, Insight Service on 01926 742169 or by e-mail insight@warwickshire.gov.uk

Thank you for your continued support with these collections.

Insight Service
Performance, Resources Group