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England School Census Queries 1990 & 1991

Use this guide to resolve School Census Queries 1990 or 1991

Query 1990

  • DfE Validation: <TopUpFunding> is ‘true’ or ‘1’ but <SENprovision> does not equal ‘E’ 
  • Explanation: Pupil is in receipt of top-up funding but is not classed as having an EHC Plan?

Query 1991

  • DfE Validation: <TopUpFunding> is ‘false’ or ‘0’ for all pupils with an <SENprovision> equal to ‘E’ 
  • Explanation:No pupils with an EHC Plan are reported as being in receipt of top-up funding?

The Education Health Care plan must be active as of Census date

Read guidance

  • For DfE guidance see here.
  • For further guidance on Bromcom Census see here
  • For further guidance on adding SEN information to a Students record see here.

PLEASE NOTE THE SCREENSHOTS AND EXAMPLES IN THIS GUIDE ARE FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY

Query 1990

To add/check the SEN Details for the selected Students choose the left hand Special Educational Needs tab in the Student Profile

Then click on the required record to check/edit.

Remember to click Save if you make any amendments.

Query 1991

To check Top up Funding for those Students identified from within the Student Profile choose Funding & Allowances from the top right All drop down

Funding & Allowances

From within the Funding & Allowances panel click on the required record for Top Up Funding

Funding & Allowances
Top Up Fundings

Check/amend the selected record and remember to click Save if you make any changes.

IMPORTANT : in order for the resolved error/query to be removed from the list of errors/queries you would need to generate a new Census return and remember to use save & validate for the errors/queries to update/clear.

Updated on July 9, 2026
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