School-level annual school census: guide to submitting data

Question

Accepted Answer

SLASC is an annual, statutory census that takes place every January. You must complete statutory censuses by law unless there鈥檚 a good reason not to.

SLASC collects the following information about registered independent schools:

their contact details
the number of pupils on the attendance register
the number of teaching staff
the courses of study
the number of pupils with special educational needs (SEN)
the number of pupils in local authority care
annual fees
details of accommodation
the number of staff members who have joined or left since the last census
the school鈥檚 proprietors

Do not confuse SLASC with the Independent Schools Council annual census, which also takes place in January each year.

Important dates

2025 census dates:

census day: Thursday 16 January 2025
deadline for submitting your data: Sunday 16 February 2025

Submit your data

You鈥檒l need to:

register and log in with DfE Sign-in
use COLLECT to submit your data

Contact your school or local authority approver if:

you want to request a DfE Sign-in username or password so you can access COLLECT
SLASC is not on the list of collections you can see in COLLECT

If you do not know who your approver is, use the DfE Sign-in request form.

If you鈥檝e forgotten your password, use DfE Sign-in to reset it. You鈥檒l need to click 鈥楽tart now鈥� and then 鈥楩orgotten your password?鈥�.

We鈥檒l only be able to change the status of your data submission to 鈥榓uthorised鈥� once you鈥檝e cleared all errors in the data in COLLECT.

Census documents

The following technical document is available for software suppliers:

business and technical specification

Do you need help?

Submitting data

Use the service request form if you have any questions about your data. We aim to answer your question within 5 working days.

Feedback

Use the feedback form if you have any comments about our data collection service, including COLLECT and the helpdesk service.

188体育