Management Information Sheet
Autumn 2012 School and Pupil Census
The DfE requires all schools to complete their 2012 Autumn Census return on Thursday 4th October 2012. Please ensure that your census file reaches the Information and Intelligence Team no later than Friday 5th October 2012. If you have any problems with this deadline please let us know.
Please note that the Schools Block of the 2013-2014 Dedicated Schools Grant allocation will now be based on the Autumn School Census, so it is important that your return is completed accurately and on time. The January Census will still be used to calculate any Pupil Premium allocations.
Those of you using e1 will need to approve your census return and make the file available to the LA. Schools using other management information (MI) systems will need to create their file and send it via Anycomms or S2S.
Full guidance relating to definitions and the requirements of the census is available on the DfE website - you can access the guidance and FAQs by clicking here. This should be your first point of reference for any queries. Further guidance and help sheets are available on the Norfolk Schools website.
Post 16 Learning Aims - Post-16 Learning Aims are now collected once a year in the Autumn Census from schools of secondary phase with sixth forms. While pupils at other schools, such as special schools, may be studying learning aims, the YPLA does not calculate funding based on this information and it will therefore NOT be collected as part of the School Census.
There are several important changes to the collection of Learning Aims for the October 2012 census.
The Post-16 Learning Aims module will collect information on learning aims from the previous as well as those for the current academic year. It will also now collect information on the outcome of the previous year's aims. This includes the result e.g. A, A*, and the outcome (pass, fail or result unknown). It is therefore essential that all secondary schools with sixth forms familiarise themselves with the revised guidance in advance of the Autumn School Census return:
School Census 2012 Post-16 Learning Aims Presentation
Presentation outlining the main changes to the collection of post-16 learning aims data in the 2012 School Census.
Guidance for the completion of the Post-16 Learning Aims module of the Autumn 2012 School Census
Guidance for use by schools and local authorities to enable them to complete the new Post 16 Learning Aims module of the Autumn 2012 School Census. FAQs are incorporated in this document which will be updated from time to time to reflect any new issues raised in the run up to and during the collection.
It is extremely important that the Learning Aims are correctly recorded as errors and omissions may result in a loss of sixth form funding.
Further help - The Information & Intelligence Team is always pleased to answer queries on the census return and give support to schools. If you need help please contact us:
Gill Williamson tel: 01603 222355
Louise Hodgson tel: 01603 222352
Please remember that you need to refer queries regarding your MI system to your software provider.
Please note that the Schools Block of the 2013-2014 Dedicated Schools Grant allocation will now be based on the Autumn School Census, so it is important that your return is completed accurately and on time. The January Census will still be used to calculate any Pupil Premium allocations.
Those of you using e1 will need to approve your census return and make the file available to the LA. Schools using other management information (MI) systems will need to create their file and send it via Anycomms or S2S.
Full guidance relating to definitions and the requirements of the census is available on the DfE website - you can access the guidance and FAQs by clicking here. This should be your first point of reference for any queries. Further guidance and help sheets are available on the Norfolk Schools website.
Post 16 Learning Aims - Post-16 Learning Aims are now collected once a year in the Autumn Census from schools of secondary phase with sixth forms. While pupils at other schools, such as special schools, may be studying learning aims, the YPLA does not calculate funding based on this information and it will therefore NOT be collected as part of the School Census.
There are several important changes to the collection of Learning Aims for the October 2012 census.
The Post-16 Learning Aims module will collect information on learning aims from the previous as well as those for the current academic year. It will also now collect information on the outcome of the previous year's aims. This includes the result e.g. A, A*, and the outcome (pass, fail or result unknown). It is therefore essential that all secondary schools with sixth forms familiarise themselves with the revised guidance in advance of the Autumn School Census return:
School Census 2012 Post-16 Learning Aims Presentation
Presentation outlining the main changes to the collection of post-16 learning aims data in the 2012 School Census.
Guidance for the completion of the Post-16 Learning Aims module of the Autumn 2012 School Census
Guidance for use by schools and local authorities to enable them to complete the new Post 16 Learning Aims module of the Autumn 2012 School Census. FAQs are incorporated in this document which will be updated from time to time to reflect any new issues raised in the run up to and during the collection.
It is extremely important that the Learning Aims are correctly recorded as errors and omissions may result in a loss of sixth form funding.
Further help - The Information & Intelligence Team is always pleased to answer queries on the census return and give support to schools. If you need help please contact us:
Gill Williamson tel: 01603 222355
Louise Hodgson tel: 01603 222352
Please remember that you need to refer queries regarding your MI system to your software provider.