England School Census Error 2125

Use this guide to resolve School Census Error 2125

Error 2125:

• DfE Validation:
• For Spring: For <Phase> equals ‘PR’ and ‘SP’
  If <SENprovision> equals ‘N’, then <SENtypeRank> and <SENtype> should not be present
  
  For <Phase> equals ‘NS’, ‘PS’, ‘MP’, ‘MS’, ‘SS’, ‘AT’
  If <SENprovision> equals ‘N’, then <SENtypeRank> and <SENtype> should not be present and <SENunitIndicator> and <ResourcedProvisionIndicator> should not be set to true
  
  For Summer and Autumn: For <Phase> equals ‘NS’, ‘PS’, ‘MP’, ‘MS’, ‘SS’, ‘AT’
  If <SENprovision> equals ‘N’, then <SENunitIndicator> and <ResourcedProvisionIndicator> should not be set to true
  
• Explanation:

• Spring:
  • if your school phase = PR ( Pupil Referral Unit ) or SP (Special)
    • Then from Student Profile>Special Educational Needs> if SEN Provision = N then in Special Needs Priority and Type must not be present>Save
  • if your school phase = NS ( Nursery), PS ( Primary) MP ( Middle Deemed Primary) , MS ( Middle Deemed Secondary), SS (Secondary) or AT ( All Through)
    • Then from Student Profile>Special Educational Needs> if SEN Provision = N then in Special Needs Priority and Type must not be present and in Additional Information Member of Resourced Provision and Special Class Unit should NOT be ticked. Save
• Summer & Autumn :
  • if your school phase = NS ( Nursery) , PS (Primary) , MP ( Middle Deemed Primary) , MS ( Middle Deemed Secondary) , SS ( Secondary) or AT ( All Through)
    • Then from Student Profile>Special Educational Need>If SEN Provision = N then in Additional Information both Member of Resourced Provision and Member of Special Class/Unit should NOT be ticked>Save

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Read Guidance

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

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

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In the Student Profile click on the left hand Special Educational Needs tab.

SEN Details

Then in the SEN Details panel click on the required record.

June 2025 update Click the + Icon in the top right hand corner of the SEN Details panel, 3 options will appear, select the area you would like to update.

SEN Status & Category tab: Adding a new SEN Status

The following label has been renamed to align with the SEN Code of Practice:

• ‘Specialist Provision’ –> SEN Status

Complete the following fields:

• SEN Status
• Broad Area of Need Type
• Start and End Date

Note: ‘Specialist Provision’ has been relabelled to SEN Status (to align with the SEN Code of Practice).

SEN Status & Category tab: Adding a new SEN Category 

The following label has been renamed to align with the SEN Code of Practice:

• ‘Type of Need’ –> SEN Category

Complete the following fields:

• SEN Category
• Note
• Start and End Date

A new Show History toggle has been added to the SEN Status & Category popup.

• When enabled, shows records with past End Dates
• When disabled, displays only active records

‘Needs Changelog’ has been renamed for consistency with updated terminology to Category Changelog.

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.