Statutory – Early Years Census (3.85)

Description

This release supports the following changes to the 2025 Census:

• The Census date is 16^th Jan 2025.
• Census Date, Collection dates and Submission dates have been updated.
• Uses the DfE provided XSD schema files to validate the generated data.

Data Items

• Data item <ThirtyHourCode> (N00202) renamed to <EligibilityCode> (N00202).
• Following data items removed:
  • <EYFundingWeeks> (N00270)
  • <TotalFundedSpringHours> (N00118)
• Following data items expanded to cover children from 9 months up to and including 4 years old:
  • <DAFIndicator> (N00203)
  • <EYPPBF> (N00174)
  • <EYPPR> (N00639)
• Following data items added to support new Entitlement Weeks column.
  • <FundedEntitlementWeeks> (N00791)
  • <ExtendedEntitlementWeeks> (N00792)
  • <ExpandedEntitlementWeeks> (N00793)
• New data item <ExpandedHours> (N00787) added.
  Exports expanded hours recorded against children between 9 months to 2 years old (under 3s).
  Does not export expanded hours recorded against children who are 3 or 4 years old.

Entitlement Weeks

Funded Service

• New Entitlement Weeks column added to Funded Service screen.
  Default is 0.
  For a child in the Spring term:
  • Defaults to 38 weeks when entering hours greater than 0 for the following (per week or term):
    • Funded/Universal Paid Hours
    • Expanded/Extended Paid Hours
  • Not populated when the following are greater than 0:
    • Funded/Universal Interim Hours
    • Expanded/Extended Interim Hours

  Entitlement Weeks must be in the range 38-52 weeks.

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Headcount

• New Entitlement Weeks column added to Headcount (Actual) for Under 2, 2 & 3 year olds screen.
  Default is 0. Imported to the Funded Service screen when the headcount task is submitted.
  For a child in Spring term:
  • Populated with 38 when the following are greater than 0  (per week or term):
    • Funded/Universal Paid Hours
    • Expanded/Extended Paid Hours

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Helpfile updated

Census Dates