Useful links

School Census 2023/2024

• Complete the school census - Guidance
• Check your data - Complete the school census - Guidance
• Data items 2023 to 2024 - Guidance
• School Census 2023-2024 acceptable notepad entries guidelines

School Workforce (SWF) Census 2023

• School workforce census: guide to submitting data
• School workforce census: guides

Early years foundation stage profile (EYFSP) 2023

• Early years foundation stage profile handbook
• Early years foundation stage profile return guide 2023
• Early years foundation stage profile return: how to submit data
• Further guidance on EYFSP and links to videos are available at: EYFSP data collection

Phonics 2023

• Phonics screening check: data administration guidance
• Phonics screening check: Technical specification
• Phonics screening check: data collection: guide

Key Stage 1 (KS1) 2023

• Key stage 1: assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA)
  
• Key stage 1 teacher assessment guidance

Key Stage 2 (KS2) 2023

• Key stage 2: assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA)

  (Information on completing and submitting the headteachers declaration form can be found in section 10.4 of the KS2 test administration guidance)

• Key stage 2 tests: test administration guidance
• Key stage 2 teacher assessment data collection: technical specification

Primary Assessment Gateway

• Primary Assessment Gateway
• Using the Primary Assessment Gateway

Pupil Premium

• Pupil premium
• Using pupil premium: guidance for school leaders
• Pupil premium: allocations and conditions of grant 2023 to 2024

Free School Meals

• Apply for free school meals
• Free school meals

Secure Access

KeyToSucess (for Schools)

As from 1st June 2023 Key to Success (KTS) will no longer be available. Please use Get Information About Pupils (GIAP)

• via the DfE's Secure Access portal. DfE Sign-in

School to School (S2S)

• School to school (S2S) data transfer guide

USO-Fx2 – London Grid for Learning

• USO-FX - London Grid for Learning

COLLECT

• 'DfE Sign In' portal DfE Sign-in (For COLLECT Familiarisation, information can be found under the appropriate collection's page)
• COLLECT Guide for schools

Get Information about schools

• Get Information about Schools - GOV.UK (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk)
• Privacy Notices and GDPR - every school is responsible for ensuring that (GDPR-compliant) Privacy Notices have been issued to all the Parents/Carers of all pupils (pupil version) and to all staff working at the school, even the agency teaching staff (if expected to work for least 4 weeks in the same post).

DfE contact

• For queries about data collections please complete the data collections service request form
• Reset your DfE Sign-In (DSI) login details using the forgotten password link on the DSI Login page. For other login questions please complete the DSI service request form.

Unique Pupil Number (UPN)

• Unique pupil numbers

Unique Learner Number (ULN)

• Accessing your personal learning record
• DfE guidance for schools on ULNs extract from ICES bulletin 63 (May 2013)

Further information

• Important dates for schools
• Standards and Testing Agency
• Government School Performance Tables (e.g. for 2011 data onwards)
• DfE's Data Publication Research Gateway (e.g. for Statistical First Releases, etc.)