School Census in Bromcom

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

Webinars and guidance

You can book onto one of Bromcom’s free webinars and view the guidance below:

Book onto Secondary Census Webinar

Book onto Post 16 Learning Aims Webinar

Book onto Primary Census Webinar

Bromcom Autumn 2023 Census Guidance

Webinar Recordings

Primary Webinar Recording

Secondary Webinar Recording

Programme Aims and Learning Aims

The DfE school census website can be found here.

Acceptable Notepad entries can be found here.

Errors and Resolutions

Bromcom have produced an Errors and Resolutions guide. Please click here to view this guide.

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.

Updates

We will post any updates here as and when we receive them from Bromcom.

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