This is a reminder that the Spring Census is Thursday 16th January 2025.
If this is not your area of responsibility, please forward this email on to the relevant person within your school.
School Spring Census Thursday 16th January 2025
Dear Colleague,
We hope this message finds you well.
We would like to remind all schools that the Spring School Census date is set for Thursday 16th January. It is crucial to ensure that all necessary data is accurately collected and prepared for submission. The final deadline to return the data to the Department for Education (DfE) is Wednesday, 12th February.
Please be aware that your Local Authority may have an earlier submission deadline, so we recommend checking with them to avoid any delays.
Customer Support
We will be available to take calls throughout the collection period so please do not hesitate to contact the help desk if you require support. Alternatively, please log into the customer portal and log a ticket, detailing what you would like assistance with.
To help us resolve any issues as quickly as possible, please provide any query or error numbers when logging your ticket.
- School ICT customer portal https://my.www.schoolicts.co.uk/
- turn IT on customer Portal https://portal.turniton.co.uk/
Any further updates will be shared via email. School ICT customers can also check the news section at https://www.schoolicts.co.uk/latest-news/ .
Census Consultancy
We offer a consultancy service to conduct your school’s census on your behalf. If you would like to discuss this with us, please contact the helpdesk on:
- 0345 222 6802 (option 1)
- 01865 597 620 (option 2)
Alternatively, you can reach us via email: –helpdesk@schoolicts.co.uk or mis.support@turniton.co.uk.
Training
We will be running census training sessions on the following dates; please use the links below to book your place.
Arbor
- Arbor Spring Census Training Secondary – School ICT (www.schoolicts.co.uk) – Monday 13th January 9:30-12:30
- Arbor Spring Census Training Primary – School ICT (www.schoolicts.co.uk) – Wednesday 15th January 9:30-12:30
Bromcom
- Bromcom Spring Census Secondary – School ICT (www.schoolicts.co.uk) – Wednesday 8th January 13:00-16:00
- Bromcom Spring Census Primary – School ICT (www.schoolicts.co.uk)
– Wednesday 8th January 13:00-16:00
SIMS
- SIMS Secondary Spring Census – School ICT (www.schoolicts.co.uk) – Thursday 9th January 9:30-12:30
- SIMS Secondary Spring Census – School ICT (www.schoolicts.co.uk) – Tuesday 14th January 13:00-16:00
- SIMS Primary Spring Census – School ICT (www.schoolicts.co.uk) – Tuesday 7th January 13:00-16:00
- SIMS Primary Spring Census – School ICT (www.schoolicts.co.uk)
– Friday 10th January 9:30-12:30
The full training schedules can be found using the below link:
https://www.schoolicts.co.uk/online-training/
Available Resources
We have updated the customer portals with the latest guidance.
- School ICT customer portal https://my.www.schoolicts.co.uk/
- turn IT on Customer Portal https://portal.turniton.co.uk/
Please select the link to MIS specific guidance below:
Census Information
We would like to draw your attention to the following important school census information which is informed by current guidance from the DfE.
Any further updates will be shared either via email or via updates to the guidance on the customer portals. You can also check the news section at https://www.schoolicts.co.uk/latest-news/.
| Census Date | ||
| Item | Date From | Date to |
| Attendance | 02/09/24 | 31/12/24 |
| Suspensions and permanent Exclusions | 01/04/24 | 31/12/24 |
| Free School Meals | 04/10/24 | 16/01/25 |
| Leavers with attendance | 01/09/24 | 31/12/24 |
| FAM | 01/08/24 | 16/01/25 |
| Pupils with Alternative Provision | 03/10/24 | 16/01/25 |
| Leavers with permanent exclusion and final governor review | 01/04/24 | 15/01/25 |
| Leavers with suspensions | 01/01/24 | 31/12/24 |
| Leavers with funding and monitoring | 01/08/24 | 16/01/25 |
| Leavers with alternative provision | 03/10/24 | 15/01/25 |
Useful Links for further DfE guidance: –
- School Census dates
- School Census changes
- Data items
- Generate and submit your return
- Find a school census code
- COLLECT user guide
- Spreadsheet of Data items for each census return
- Guide to summary report
Please do not hesitate to contact the helpdesk if you require further assistance.
- School ICT Services 0345 222 6802 (option 1)
- turn IT on 01865 597 620 (option 2)
Alternatively, you can reach us via email at: –
or by logging a ticket via the customer portals: –
- School ICT customer portal https://my.www.schoolicts.co.uk/
- turn IT on customer Portal https://portal.turniton.co.uk/






