School-level annual school census: guide to submitting data
SLASC is an annual, statutory census that takes place every January. You must complete statutory censuses by law unless there’s 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’s proprietors
Do not confuse SLASC with the Independent Schools Council annual census, which also takes place in January each year.
2023 census dates:
census day: Thursday 19 January
deadline for submitting your data: Sunday 19 February
Submit your data
You’ll 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
Get help using DfE Sign-in
If you do not know who your approver is, use the DfE Sign-in request form.
If you’ve forgotten your password, use DfE Sign-in to reset it. You’ll need to click ‘Start now’ and then ‘Forgotten your password?’.
We’ll only be able to change the status of your data submission to ‘authorised’ once you’ve cleared all errors in the data in COLLECT.
Census documents
The following technical document is available for software suppliers:
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.
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