Department For Education
MS Excel Spreadsheet , 555 KB
Details The CBDS is a file containing definitions for common data items that schools and local authorities use in certain software systems, for example school management information systems.
The CBDS also gives information on the structure of other Department for Education data collections .
You should refer to the CBDS when reading any data collection specifications.
The CBDS spreadsheet organises definitions through:
CBDS levels, for example pupil and schoolCBDS modules, for example school characteristicsdata items (for example ethnicity) and the code set defining them You can filter the spreadsheet to provide data items relevant to a particular collection.
We regularly update the CBDS , publishing any changes, along with the reasons for them, as request for change documents .
Published 14 October 2013
Last updated 5 June 2023
+show all updates 5 June 2023 Updated the common basic data set (CBDS) database. The changes are listed in the version history tab.
24 March 2023 Updated the common basic data set (CBDS) database. The changes are listed in the version history tab.
29 December 2022 The CBDS database has been updated. The changes are listed in the version history tab.
28 September 2022 Updated the Common basic data set (CBDS) database. The changes are listed in the version history tab.
26 July 2022 Updated the Common basic data set (CBDS) database. The changes are listed in the version history tab.
25 April 2022 Updated the CBDS database. The version history tab lists the changes.
20 April 2022 Updated the CBDS database. The version history tab lists the changes.
1 April 2022 Updated the Common basic data set (CBDS) database. The changes are listed in the version history tab of the database.
7 February 2022 Updated the Common basic data set (CBDS) database. The changes are listed in the version history tab of the database.
24 November 2021 Updated the Common basic data set (CBDS) database. The changes are listed in the version history tab of the database.
6 September 2021 Updated CBDS database. Changes are listed in the version history tab.
28 July 2021 Updated CBDS database. Changes are listed in the version history tab.
9 July 2021 Updated the common basic data set (CBDS).
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