Guidance
Alternative provision census: technical specification
Business and technical specification for local authorities and software suppliers to prepare for the alternative provision census 2025.
Applies to England
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This is technical information about submitting data for the聽alternative provision census.
It is for:
- suppliers of software for school and local authority management information systems (MIS)
- local authority users of聽MIS听蝉辞蹿迟飞补谤别
The specification describes:
- what data local authorities should supply
- how to structure the data in XML
You should also read the聽common basic data set. This defines common data items that schools use in聽MIS听蝉辞蹿迟飞补谤别 and we use in our data collections.
Previous specifications are available on the UK Government Web Archive:
Updates to this page
Published 28 June 2024
Last updated 8 January 2025
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Updated 'Alternative provision census 2025: validation rules'.
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Updated 'Alternative provision census 2025: technical specification'.
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Updated 'Alternative provision census 2025: validation rules'.
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