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England School Census Query 4008Q

Use this guide to resolve School Census Query 4008Q

DfE Validation:

  • Where count of on roll pupils in <NCyearActual> 12 or above is greater than zero, then at least one <LearnerFAM> node with <LearnFAMCode> equal to 01 or 22 should be present
  • Please check: no 16-19 students on roll are in receipt of tuition or repeating up to one full year of 16 to 19 funded provision

Explanation:

  • This MAY be correct, and would be a return level note on Collect if no Students are in receipt of 16-19 Learner Funding & Monitoring
  • If the count of Students on roll in Years Groups 12 is more than zero then at least one Student is expected to be in receipt of 16-19 Learner Funding & Monitoring. To add Learner Monitoring to the Student record go to Students>Student Profile>Funding and Allowances>Learner Monitoring.
  • See below for 16-19 DfE FAM codes
Code DescriptionPupil/School Types Applicable
01In Receipt of TutoringSchools: All schools (except Nursery), with appropriate year group or age-ranges Pupils: Only applicable to pupils and in NCYearActual 1-14 Or where national curriculum year groups do not apply, aged 5 to19 (as at 2025-08-31) in NCYearActual ‘X’
22Learner repeating up to one year of 16-19 funded provisionSchools: Secondary, all-through and PRU / AP with appropriate year groups Pupils: Only applicable to pupils in NCYearActual 12 or above, with current single registration (‘C’) or current main dual registration (‘M’). PRU / AP for any pupils with the following enrolment status: ‘C’, ‘M’, ‘F’ or ‘O’.

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


To add Learner Monitoring ( National Tutoring Programme) to the Student record go to Students>Student Profile>Funding & Allowances.

Funding & Allowances

Then click on the + icon in the Funding & Allowances panel and choose Learner Monitoring

Learner Monitoring

Again click the + icon to Add New Learner Monitoring

Add New Learner Monitoring

Complete the fields as required. Click Save.

Learner Monitoring

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 15, 2026
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