Use this guide to resolve School Census Error 100
Error 100; For the 2023-24 Academic year
DfE Validation<ReferenceDate> must be present and must be:
- 2023-10-05 where <Term> equals ‘AUT’
- 2024-01-18 where <Term> equals ‘SPR’
- 2024-05-16 where <Term> equals ‘SUM’
Explanation: check the Reference Date is correct in your Census Return via Modules>Census>School>Select Return>Edit. For Autumn 2023 Census this is 05/10/2023, for Spring Census 2024 this is 18/01/2024 and for Summer 2023 this is 16/05/2024
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THE EXAMPLES AND SCREENSHOTS IN THIS GUIDE ARE FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY
Go to Modules>Census>School click on the required return, this will highlight in blue. Then click Edit.
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The Reference Date should be pre populated
As the example below is for an Autumn 2023 Census return the Reference Date is set to 05/10/2023
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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.