This page contains Bromcom guidance for completing the School Workforce Census 2024.
The permissions to access the School Workforce Census are found in Config>Set Up>Roles and Permissions in the Census Module
Important Dates
- Census day is 7 November 2024
- Deadline for submitting your data is 6 December 2024
Known Issues
Teachers missing from Curriculum Allocation report. This happens if the staff member doesn’t have any qualifications/teacher number on the profile and there is another profile (Student, Staff, Contact) that has the same first and last name as the staff member”
Modules > Census > School Workforce Census > pick a census return > Edit. When selecting an absence and hitting Remove, then using Save & Validate, the absence that gets removed is the one at the top of the list, instead of the absence that was selected. Workaround; select the absence you wish to remove, hit remove, then only use Save, do not use Save & Validate. Then edit that same census return again and use Save & Validate. The correct absence has been removed, instead of the top one.
Staff Contract Details for SWF Census not picking up the role information from Staff Contracts. Please note this DOES NOT affect all staff. The role information is still present in the SWF File, just not the report. This known Issue is not affecting all schools. The report can be found in Reports>Census>School Workforce>Staff Contract Details Report
Query 4565 – Where <Post> = (‘OSP’ or ‘TAS’) AND <ContractType> =’PRM’ or ‘FXT’ or ‘TMP’, then Base Pay, totalled across contract node should be less than £55,000. This query has been updated in the spec/validations to £55,000, however the XSLT is still showing as £50,000 – so any salary between £50,000 and £55,000 is currently triggering the query when it shouldn’t be. This validation rule will trigger correctly when the file is loaded into COLLECT.
Declared disability not coming out due to the information now being saved in Staff> Medical Conditions, Dietary Needs & Impairments instead of Staff>Edit Staff Details> Additional Information.
Error 6110 not triggering correctly
Error 7010 not triggering correctly
Error 7030 not triggering correctly
Error 7040 not triggering correctly
Error 4920 does not appear
View Errors always showing 0 errors/queries
Summary not displaying correctly.
Read Bromcom Guidance
You can access the SWF 2024 Census Bromcom guidance below.
In addition to the above guidance you can now search for detailed guidance on resolving the most common errors or queries in our Help Centre.
Simply type in the Error or Query Number into the Search box
Read DFE Guidance
Access DfE guidance about the School Workforce Census here. Including the main changes compared to previous years.
For School Workforce Validation Rules see here
Download DfE Census guides for 2024 below.
Book onto a SWF Census Webinar
Tuesday 15th October – 9.30am-11.00am
Thursday 17th October – 2.00pm-3.30pm
Thursday 31st October –9.30am-11.00am
Drop in Sessions
For users who have attended one of our SWF Census Webinars but still have follow up questions, we are also hosting daily Drop in Sessions via Teams between 9am and 11am.
To attend a Drop in Session, you must have already attended one of our SWF Census Webinars. The link to joing the drop in sessions can be found below;
Click here to join the meeting
Watch SWFC Webinar Recordings
Click on the link below to view the School Workforce Census 2024 Webinar Recording. You will be asked to confirm your name and email address before accessing the recordings.
School Workforce 2024 Webinar Recording
Additional Guidance
- How to resolve Error 4100
- How to resolve Query 4470Q
- How to resolve Error 4516
- How to resolve Query 4521Q
- How to resolve Error 4540
- How to resolve Error 4740
- How to resolve Error 6000
- How to resolve Query 6260Q
- How to locate items in the Staff Profile
- How to Add NASENCO Qualification for SENCO Staff
- How to Add a New Member of Staff
- How to Add Supply Staff
- How to Add a Staff Contract and Role
- How to Make a Member of Staff a Leaver
- How to Reinstate Staff Leaver Records
- How to Create a New Base Pay Structure
- How to Merge Duplicate Staff Records
- How to Record Staff Absence