Use this guide to resolve School Census Error 2886

Error 2886:

DfE Validation:

• Where <ProgrammeAimStatus> does not equal ‘3’,  <ProgrammeAimWithdrawalReason> must not be present
• A programme aim withdrawal reason is only required where the learner has withdrawn and the programme aim status is recorded as ‘3’

Explanation:

• Go to Modules>Curriculum>Student Post 16>Manage Programme Aims>Choose Students>Choose Academic Year >Select either All Post 16 or individually select Students>Apply>Select Students>Edit> If Status is set to Withdrawn then a Withdrawal Reason must be completed. See table below for DfE Withdrawal Reasons.

Read Guidance:

• We would strongly recommend reading DfE School Census Guidance on Programme Aims.
• See How to Manage Programme Aims & How to Manage Learning Aims
• For further guidance on Bromcom Census see here

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

Go to Modules>Curriculum>Student Post 16>Manage Programme Aims

This will open the Manage Programme Aims – All Post-16 page, which on first view will be empty.

Click on the Choose Students button to add Students to the page, select either All Post-16 to add All of the Students or Student to add selected Students.

• Note: When changing the Academic Year the Active On Date at the top of the Manage Programme Aims panel will return the Autumn Census Date for that year as the default setting.
• If the Academic Year is the current year then the Active On Date will be todays date.

Click Apply.

Now you have your list of Post-16 Students, select the Students and then click the Edit button to View/Edit the Programme Aim for the selected Students

Then check that if the Programme Aim Status = Withdrawn then a Withdrawal Reason must be given.

Click Save if you make any amendments.

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.