School Census in Arbor

Census Date: Thursday 15th May 2025

Attendance collected from	01/01/2025	Attendance collected to	20/04/2025
Suspensions and permanent exclusions collected from	01/08/2024	Suspensions and permanent exclusions collected to	20/04/2025
AP Placements collected from	16/01/2025	AP Placements collected to	15/05/2025
*FSM collected from	17/01/2025	FSM collected to	15/05/2025
Funding and Monitoring collected from	01/08/2024	Funding and Monitoring collected to	15/01/2025
#Learner Support collected from	01/08/2024	Learner Support collected to	15/05/2025

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

Please note:

The census dry run on Arbor will open from Thursday 2nd January 2025.

Useful Documentation

Arbor Census Guides

The DfE school census website can be found here.

Acceptable Notepad entries can be found here.

Errors and Resolutions

Arbor have a dedicated page on their help centre for any error and query codes. Please click here to visit 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.