As I’m sure you know, Census Day is coming!  A summary of what has changed compared with previous year is displayed below:

• Census Day is the 19/01/2012
• Attendance code Y will be included in the collection of attendance information for Autumn Term 2011.
• Funded Hours on Census Day will be collected for 2, 3 and 4 year olds as well as Hours at Setting.
• Collection of Admission Appeals will be extended to include Academies, but the DfE only expects to receive this information from Academies where those Academies were previously Voluntary Aided or Foundation Schools.
• Attendance code D will NOT be included in the collection of attendance information for Autumn Term 2011 and will not be counted in the Sessions Possible.

As ever for the Spring Census, this will be a point in time Census. The time period that your School will report on is determined by the last digit of your School’s DFE number:

Selected time based on the last digit of the schools DFE number

4, 7, 8 or 9         The selected time is one hour/period  before the end of morning school

0, 1, or 5            The selected time is one hour/period after the start of afternoon school

2, 3 or 6             The selected time is one hour/period after the start of morning school

For more information on the Census, including help on Preparing for and Producing the Census is available here