Information and guidance relating to administrative issues such as assessing capacity, target setting, data handling and catering in schools. Read the ten most recently published articles on this page.
School administration
Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) 2013 return
General information and documents to help complete the 2013 Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) return.
General article 18 June 2013
Key Stage 1 assessments 2013
Information and documents to help with the collection and submission of 2013 Key Stage 1 assessments.
General article 18 June 2013
Coordinated admissions 2014
Access to downloadable information regarding the arrangements in place for admissions to schools in September 2014.
General article 05 June 2013
CTF13 specification and supporting documentation
Supporting documentation, specification and schema files for common transfer file (CTF) 13 can be downloaded from this page.
General article 05 June 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 04 June 2013
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 04 June 2013
School Census 2014
General information and documents to help complete the 2014 School Census.
General article 03 June 2013
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 29 May 2013
School Census 2013 news
News and reminders for the 2013 School Census.
Multi-page article 29 May 2013
ICES Bulletin
Access to recent and older issues of the ICES Bulletin, which is is sent to schools, local authorities (LAs) and other partners.
General article 23 May 2013
