Bryan Slater

Director of Education

Distribution

To: All Schools

(*Except Nursery Schools and Pupil Referral Units – These Establishments will receive a separate DfES Annual Schools Census pack for manual completion and return to the LEA at the address below).

 

This document needs your action as detailed below:

ACTION

Title

DfES Pupil Level Annual Schools Census (PLASC) January 2004

Summary of contents

The DfES requires all schools* to complete the January Pupil Level Annual Schools Census (PLASC) on 15th January 2004.

All schools are requested to use the Phoenix Gold software to produce the PLASC return.

Associated documents

·         The Phoenix Help sheets

·         Web Site Support:

      http://ictsolutions.norfolk.gov.uk (Follow the

     A-Z of services to Phoenix Support - PLASC)

Date

December 2003

Summary of action required

·         Upgrade your Phoenix database to version 1.23 (if you haven't already done so)

·         To read the attached Phoenix Help sheets and userguide (these can also be found on the above web site).

·         To complete on 15th January 2004 and send to the Management Information Centre via the Secure Data Transfer system the DfES PLASC file by 23rd January 2004. Any schools unable to return the PLASC  file using SDT should send them in on floppy disk to:- Jane Blackwell, Room B28, Education Dept, County Hall Norwich, NR1 2DL

To be completed by

15th January 2004

LEA Contact

ICT Solutions Help Line

(Installation and Technical Support)

 

Management Information Centre

 

Education Financial Services (Enquiries relating to school budget share allocation process)

(

 

                                                      0845 3033003

 

01603 222352

01603 222355

 

 

01603 222079

or 01603 223546

E-mail address

Ictsolutions.edu@norfolk.gov.uk

Norfolk Self Review reference

1. How high are standards?

5. How well does the school care for its pupils?

7. How well is the school led and managed?

8. How well does the school use its resources?

Document reference

MI 257-03