ScholarPack 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.

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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 ScholarPack 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.

Here is the link to the ScholarPack website for census guidance here.

Changes for the censuses

• The learner funding and monitoring (FAM code) code set has been updated so that Code 01 has been extended to include appropriate pupils, school types, and the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) has been replaced with tutoring. Code 21 has been removed.
• Pupil SEN type code has been updated to include Down Syndrome.
• Expanded hours has been extended to record up to 15 hours for children from 9 months old with working parents.
• For early years pupil premium receipt, the frequency of collection has been increased to termly and extended to children from 9 months old.
• For early years pupil premium basis for funding, the frequency of collection has been increased to termly and extended to children from 9 months old.
• The disability access fund indicator has been extended to children from 9 months old.

Read DfE Guidance

DfE guidance about the census is published here including the main changes compared to previous years.

Additional Guidance

You can view the video from ScholarPack to help with their census here.

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: