Department For Education
January 8
15:26
2025
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This is technical information about submitting data for thealternative provision census.
It is for:
- suppliers of software for school and local authority management information systems (MIS)
- local authority users ofMISsoftware
The specification describes:
- what data local authorities should supply
- how to structure the data in XML
You should also read thecommon basic data set. This defines common data items that schools use inMISsoftware and we use in our data collections.
Previous specifications are available on the UK Government Web Archive: