England School Census Error 2170

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In this guide, we will cover how to troubleshoot the Census Error 2170

DfE Validation: <SENtype> must be present and valid where <SENprovision> equals ‘K’ or ‘E’ 

Explanation: this error will occur if you have a Student recorded with an SEN Status of either E (Education and Health Care Plan) or K (SEN Support), but the Student does not have any SEN Needs recorded.

Read Guidance:

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

For the Students identified, add an SEN Need via the Special Educational Needs tab on the following screen: Students > View Student Details>Special Educational Needs

Within the Special Educational Needs tab you will see the SEN Details panel.

June 2025 update Click the + Icon in the top right hand corner of the SEN Details panel, 4 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.

Provision tab: Adding a new Provision – complete the following fields:

• Provision Type:
• Start and End Date
• Hours: Free text field
• Frequency: Free text field
• Adding People Involved – complete the following fields:
  • Role
    • Agent – any external agents with the student
    • Staff – any staff member currently associated with the student
    • Other – any other staff member
    • Contact – from Student Details > Profile > Contacts
    • Governor – all Governors
  • Name
  • Relationship Type (static list)
  • Start and End Date
• Notes
• Documents
  • Document Type – Defaults to General
  • Status – defaults to Public

Gifted & Talented tab

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.