Data management

Completed requests for change to CBDS forms
Copies of requests for change (RFC) to common basic data set (CBDS) forms available to download.
Multi-page article 17 May 2013
Common Basic Data Set (CBDS) database
Information on the Common Basic Data Set (CBDS) and the most recent data files to download.
General article 17 May 2013
CBDS change control process
Information on the CBDS procedures required for carrying out a request for change (RFC).
General article 04 April 2013
Suggested text and guidance for issuing Privacy Notices
Information on suggested texts for use by local authorities, schools and academies in Privacy Notices for the collection of data in the School, Early Years, Children in Need and School Workforce Censuses.
General article 27 November 2012
What the Department does with pupils' and children's data
What the Department does with the data it collects from schools, local authorities and awarding bodies.
Multi-page article 21 September 2012
Data protection
The data-protection issues that schools need to be aware of when collecting and processing personal data about learners and other individuals.
General article 26 April 2012
Workforce data standards
Information and resources on the workforce data standards, including details of the final standards and a job role code set and guidance.
General article 26 April 2012
Background to data standards and the CBDS
An overview of the Common Basic Data Set, which provides a standard for data used in software systems for management information in schools.
General article 26 April 2012
Archived information - CBDS material prior to September 2009
Information on material pertaining to the Common Basic Data Set that was published before September 2009.
General article 26 April 2012
What the Department does with school workforce data
Information on school workforce data and how the Department uses it under current privacy laws.
General article 28 March 2012