School Census in ScholarPack

Census Date: Thursday 21st May 2026

Attendance collected from	01/01/2026	Attendance collected to	05/04/2026
Suspensions and permanent exclusions collected from	01/08/2025	Suspensions and permanent exclusions collected to	05/04/2026
AP Placements collected from	15/01/2026	AP Placements collected to	21/05/2026
*FSM collected from	16/01/2026	FSM collected to	21/05/2026
Funding and Monitoring collected from	01/08/2025	Funding and Monitoring collected to	21/05/2026
#Learner Support collected from	01/08/2025	Learner Support collected to	21/05/2026

*Only collected for on roll pupils not leavers
#Secondary Schools only

Useful Documentation

ScholarPack Census Guidance

The DfE school census website can be found here.

Acceptable Notepad entries can be found here.

Errors and Resolutions

ScholarPack have a dedicated page on their Help Centre for Errors and Queries. Please click here to view this page.

Submitting Your Census

Stockton Borough Council – Submitting to Information and Improvement

Click here for instructions on preparing for your census.

Please contact Information and Improvement if you’re unsure how to submit your census to them.

Academies and Collect

For Academies please note that you need to submit your file to DfE via collect as well as the local authority. Information can be found in the appropriate completing the census in SIMS document. DfE guidance can be found here.

Click here to view acceptable notepad entries for Collect.