Statutory Spring 2021 School Census

You will be aware that the DFE have been considering what action to take, in response to the current lockdown position, with regards to the Spring school census, which is due to take place next week on Thursday 21st January.

We have now received confirmation that this WILL take place as originally planned and timescales will remain as scheduled.

Deadline for submission to the Local Authority (LA) will be Friday 29th January.

Whilst most of the School Census requires details of pupils on roll, additional guidance will be provided by the DFE by the end of this week with regards to data items such as school meals and class activity. To help you prepare, they have stated that ‘it is likely that this guidance will explain about how we will require details of what you would expect or what would be timetabled if schools were open as normal’.

It is 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, the ICT Development Service (MIDAS) will up-load census documentation to the Warwickshire Learning Platform (WeLearn365) which can be found here and on the download site 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, Business Intelligence on 01926 742169 or by e-mail businessintelligence@warwickshire.gov.uk

Thank you for your continued support with these collections.