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Guidance: School-level annual school census: guide

Department For Education

October 21
10:13 2024

This guide helps you prepare and submit your schools 2025 school-level annual school census (SLASC) return.

SLASC census day for registered independent schools is Thursday 16 January 2025.

SLASC records:

  • teaching and pupil numbers
  • courses of study
  • pupils with special educational needs
  • looked-after children

It also records:

  • charitable status
  • annual fees and boarding accommodation
  • details of new staff members and proprietors since the last census

Read more about submitting data for SLASC.

Updates to this page

Published 29 November 2022
Last updated 21 October 2024 +show all updates
  1. Updated for 2025 with 'School level annual school census (SLASC) - registered independent schools guide: 2025'.

  2. Updated 'School level annual school census (SLASC) - registered independent schools guide: 2024' to clarify how we use the school email address in section 2.1.

  3. Updated with information for 2024 and replaced 'School level annual school census (SLASC) - registered independent schools guide: 2023' with School level annual school census (SLASC) - registered independent schools guide: 2024'.

  4. 'School level annual school census (SLASC) - registered independent schools guide: 2023' has been amended to update section 1.4 on material changes.

  5. First published.

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