Annual Activity Survey

All clients leaving Year 11 each year are followed up to establish their situation on the 1st November of their leaving year. Clients can be followed up and records updated as late as January of the following year.

One IYSS uses baselines to control the membership of those clients who should be reported in the Annual Activity Survey.

Each local authority is responsible for establishing the situation of young people who are due to reach the statutory school leaving age in July of the current year and who belong to one of the following categories:

  • In education in the authority area on 31 May (and on the May PLASC).
  • In custody in the authority area on 31 May.
  • Not on a school roll (including those who are home educated or missing education) and who live in the authority area.

The Annual Activity Survey (AAS) reports on clients’ primary and confirmed situations starting on or before the 1st November with no end date, or ending on or after the 1st November.

  1. In the One IYSS System Administration tool, select Client | Baseline Header.
  2. Click the Add Value icon to display the Base Line Header dialog.

  1. Enter a Description. This should include survey year, e.g. Activity Survey - CCYY.
  2. Ensure the Active check box is selected.
  3. Select Activity Survey Rep from the Reporting Group drop-down.
  4. Click the OK button to save the changes and close the dialog.
  5. Add clients to the AAS baseline (see Add Clients to a Baseline).

You should not select statuses. The AAS derives data from clients’ situations.

A report is provided to enable the extraction of AAS data in the CSV file specified by DfE.