Department For Education
January 31
15:14
2024
Details
This is technical information about submitting and validating data for the children looked after data return (also known as SSDA903) for the year 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.
It is for:
- suppliers creating management information software (MIS) for local authorities
- users of local authority MIS software
The information includes:
- a summary of the data items we collect in the return
- an explanation of formats for submitting the data
- a list of validation checks applied to the data return
- XML schema files to format your return
A guide for local authorities, with detailed explanations of what information to include for each data item, is also available.