Bromcom Autumn Census 2024 guidance
Bromcom Autumn Census Support: Let SBS Take Care of It
Is the Autumn Census weighing down your to-do list? With October 3rd, 2024 just around the corner, let School Business Services handle your census returns so you can focus on other priorities. Whether you're already an SBS customer or not, we offer remote support to take care of all your data submissions for the year.
Why Choose SBS for your Census Support?
Our dedicated MIS team specialises in school census requirements, and we’re here to help ensure your submission is timely, accurate, and stress-free. Our expert team can guide you through the process, or even do the work for you. We offer this service for all schools and trusts, with no prior relationship required!
Here’s your update on the latest guidance for the Bromcom Autumn Term 2024 School Census
Census Date – Thursday 3rd October 2024
Return Date – Wednesday 30th October 2024
Your local authority may have a shorter deadline if you submit to them rather than COLLECT - please contact them for details of their deadline.
The Autumn 2024 Census is now available to Bromcom customers.
Read the Bromcom Guidance
Census How to run the Autumn Census 2024 version 1
Census Error Resolutions Guide Autumn Census 2024
In addition to the above guidance documents you can now search for detailed guidance on resolving the most common errors or queries in our Help Centre.
Simply type in the Error or Query Number into the Search box
Read DfE Guidance
DfE guidance about the census is published here including the main changes compared to previous years.
Book onto a Census Overview Webinar
You can book onto one of our free Census Webinars below, there are several dates available for each session:
Book onto Secondary Census Webinar
- Secondary Webinar Recording Autumn 2024
- Wednesday 25th September 9:30am – 12noon
Book onto Post 16 Learning Aims Webinar
- Wednesday 18th September 9:30am – 11:00am
- Thursday 26th September 9:30am – 11:00am
Book onto Primary Census Webinar
- Thursday 19th September 9:30am – 11:30am
- Tuesday 24th September 9:30am – 11:30am
Drop in Sessions
For users who have attended one of our Autumn Census Webinars but still have follow up questions, we are also hosting three Drop in Sessions via Teams.
To attend a Drop in Session, you must have already attended one of our Autumn Census Webinars (above). The link to join the sessions and dates can be found below;
Click here to join the meeting
- Thursday 3rd October 10:00am -11:00am (census day)
- Monday 7th October 2:00pm-3:00pm
- Wednesday 30th October 10:00am – 11:00am (submission day)
Post-16 Preparation Tasks (schools with a 6th form only)
Additional Guidance
For Learner Monitoring and FAM Hours Bulk Update see Bromcom What’s New: Learner Monitoring and FAM Hours Bulk Update
For recording children receiving free school meals under the criteria for families with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) See DfE guidance Free School Meal eligibility.
For Census Reporting see How to View Census Reports
For Pupil Premium see How to Manage Pupil Premium Students
For Attendance Reporting see How to Access Attendance Analysis Exports and How to Access Attendance Reports
Contact Us Today
Don’t let the census become a burden. Contact our MIS support team to see how we can simplify your school’s submission process:
Phone: 0345 222 1551 | Opt 3
Email: misservicedesk@schoolbusinessservices.co.uk
Learn more about our full range of MIS support services here.
