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Introducing the
School Workforce Census
(SWF)
Gill Turner
SWF LA Support Team, DCSF
[email protected]
0207 925 5300
Luton – 20 February 2008
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Aim of presentation
To give an overview of
• why we are carrying out the SWF
• what will be collected
• when it will be collected
• how it will be collected
• where you can find help
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Why we are carrying out the SWF
• New Relationship with Schools:
– collect data once and use many times
– collection and sharing of data should be automated
– data should be collected once and used many times
– data collected should be that which a school uses
itself of has been justified with a clear business case
• Data Rationalisation
• reduce and rationalise the number of surveys and data
collections being sent to schools
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Why we are carrying out the SWF
It will allow the following surveys to be dropped:
• 618G
• School Census staffing elements
• Secondary School Curriculum and Staffing Survey
• OME survey of teacher pay
• NEOST survey of Teacher Resignations and Recruitment
• Annual Return for Teachers’ Pensions
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Why we are carrying out the SWF
Will give improved information to feed into:
• Succession planning
• Support staff supply and pay
• Maths and science teachers
• Race Relations Act monitoring
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What will be collected
Schools in and out of scope
• English maintained schools: Community, Foundation, Voluntary
Aided and Voluntary Controlled schools are in scope
• Primary schools, secondary schools, maintained nursery schools,
special schools, CTCs and Academies, and British Forces Posted
Overseas schools in scope for pilots and 2010 Census
• Pupil Referral Units, Alternative Provision and other miscellaneous
establishments are in scope in 2010 and will be phased in over the
pilot years
• Early years settings, independent schools, non-maintained special
schools, sixth form colleges and FE establishments are not in scope
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What will be collected
Information on the following teachers
 those paid according to teachers’ pay and conditions (employed by
the school or the LA)
 agency staff working within a school in a post that would be paid
according to teachers’ pay and conditions if filled by a teacher
employed by the LA or school
 centrally employed teaching staff, such as peripatetic and advisory
teachers
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What will be collected
Information on the following support staff
 “Teaching Assistants”: those support staff based in the classroom
for learning and pupil support, eg HLTAs, Teaching Assistants,
special needs support staff, minority ethnic pupils support staff,
bilingual assistants; and
 “Other Support Staff”: those who are not classroom based, eg
matrons/nurses/medical staff, librarians, IT technicians, technicians,
admin officers, secretaries, bursars, premises and catering staff
(Equates to counts currently required for the School Census, with
the addition of premises and catering staff)
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What will be collected from LAs
Centrally employed staff in regular service who either:
 are paid under the terms of the School Teachers’ Pay
and Conditions, eg Advisory Teacher, or
 visit schools regularly and their role is one of those listed
in the role code set, eg educational psychologist, ICT
Technician
Regular service: continuous employment of one month or more
Regularly: a minimum of at least once a term
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What will be collected from schools
Staff in regular service who either:
 are employed by the school, or
 have a service agreement with, and are regularly in the
school. Their contract of employment is elsewhere, eg
with a supply agency
Regular service: continuous employment of one month or more
Regularly: a minimum of at least once a term
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What individual level data will be
collected
For each member of the
school workforce working
within a school or centrally
employed by an LA
Staff
Details
1
0…n
Contract/ Service
Agreement
1
0…n
Absence
1
1
0…n
Curriculum
0…n
Qualification
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What individual level data will be collected
Staff details module
Basic identifiers and characteristics (eg Name,
Gender) plus details of QT status or HLTA.
Contract / Service
Agreement module
Describes the type of contract or service
agreement, plus details of pay and hours worked.
Incorporates dates of service and codes for origin
and destination.
Absence module
For each absence, the type of the absence, the first
and last day and the number of working days lost.
Curriculum module
Details of curriculum subjects being taught in
Secondary Schools.
Qualification module
Details of qualifications at NQF level 4 or higher
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What school level data will be collected
Vacancies module
One entry for each vacancy at the school on the
day of the January Census. Based on the same
rules as 618G.
Staff Information
module
Head counts of staff on occasional service on the
day of the January Census. Split between staff with
QTS, those without QTS and those where QTS is
not known.
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When it will be collected
Census
Snapshot Data
Continuous Data
Spring
Staff Details and Contract /
Service Agreement modules
Staff Details and non-pay Contract /
Agreement modules for contracts with
start or end dates in previous term
Absence data for previous year
Summer None
Staff Details and non-pay Contract /
Agreement modules for contracts with
start or end dates in previous term
Autumn
Staff Details and non-pay Contract /
Agreement modules for contracts with
start or end dates in previous term
Staff Details
Qualifications for all teachers
and TAs
Curriculum for teachers and
TAs in secondary schools
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2009 pilot schedule
Census
Requirements
Spring
Collection of data from at least 10 percent or 10 schools
Summer Collection of data from at least 10 percent or 10 schools
(previous term updates only)
Autumn
All schools in all LAs to participate, providing data on
curriculum, qualifications and previous term updates
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How it will be collected
Records for individual staff may be sourced from more than one location
LAs can chose how wish to return records using COLLECT:
 LA returns all details for all schools and own workforce
 School returns own details and LA returns details for own
contracted staff
 School returns part details for its workforce members and LA
returns remaining details
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Where you can find help
Documentation, including guidance, specifications,
newsletters, workshop presentations, are found at:
www.teachernet.gov.uk/management/ims/datacollections/s
wfcpilot/
Contact DCSF:
Gill Turner, [email protected], 0207 925 5300
DSG Helpdesk, [email protected], 01325
392626
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