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School Census 2008
Guidance notes for each school phase (these replace the earlier draft versions - NB each of these documents is 1 to 1.25Mb):
COLLECT Guidance and frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Guidance and Preparation for School Census 2008
Pupil Level and School Level Tables for SC2008, and the School Census Summary and Business and Technical Specification (v1.3) are now available.
Tables:
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Pupil level tables (Version 1.0) (Excel worksheet 200kb)
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School level tables (Version 1.2 — updated 15.02.07) (Excel worksheet 230Kb)
School summary:
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School Summary Specification (Version 2.3, updated 3 December 2007) (41-page Word document, 902Kb)
Business and technical
specifications
(NB each of these documents is 2.2Mb):
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Business and Technical Specification Version 1.3.
Version 1.3 is the baseline — due to the late changes to the specification made by the Department, it has been agreed with suppliers that this specification will be supported for the Spring (January) 2008 Census. -
Business and Technical Specification Version 1.4.
Version 1.4 shows the high-priority changes to be applied to the Summer (May) and Autumn (October) 2008 Censuses. If it is not possible to apply the changes to the Summer collection, the Department will accept files created by version 1.3; however the changes must be applied to the Autumn collection. -
Business and Technical Specification Version 1.5.
Version 1.5 shows all the changes that COLLECT has adopted for all three censuses in 2008, including those that are medium and low priority. Suppliers should aim to implement this version by October 2008. Where it is not possible to achieve this, particular attention should be paid to validation rules 100, 1720Q and 2610 which are high priority for the Autumn 2008 Census.
Download the school census 2008 schemas and XSLT files below:
- School Census 2008 XML Schemas (Spring, Summer and Autumn separately) [zip file]
- School Census 2008 Validation and School Summary XSLT (Spring, Summer and Autumn separately — revised on 18 January 2008) [zip file]
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Page updated 7 May 2008
