To all local authorities, direct grant nurseries, service children education and schools' MIS suppliers

The purpose of this note is to provide School Census contacts with an update on general progress at the end of the seventh full week of the 2011 Autumn School Census and to offer some guidance and advice on current issues with the data collection in advance of the database closure date of Wednesday 30 November.

For ease of reference the contents of this bulletin are as follows:

  1. Purpose
  2. General progress
  3. Data collection timetable and key dates
  4. Database closure arrangements
  5. Data issues
    1. Acceptable notepad entries for validation error and queries
  6. Post 16 credibility checks
  7. Academies key to success data feed
  8. Support