System update 28 January 2025
An updated version of the Get Information about Schools (GIAS) service has been released to all users.
This release includes the following improvement:
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fine-tuning and bug fixes to improve the overall user experience:
- 239401 - Unable to open a MAT record when converted from SAT when have governance professional role present
- 240825 - Associated establishment not visible once converted from SAT to MAT when governance records present
- 240388 - Ofsted rating field is visible in the search - filter on the left-hand side of the screen and should not be
- 203163 - Update existing governance guidance with secure 16-19 academies and secure single-academy trusts (SSATs) and governance professionals’ information
- 237208 - Investigate and fix System.ArgumentException
Users are not expected to need to take any specific action unless otherwise indicated.
Further information
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Yearly update of data from the underlying data of the schools, pupils and their characteristics statistical publication 2024
The yearly update of data from the underlying data of the schools, pupils and their characteristics statistical publication has now been completed.
The fields that were updated are the:
- total number of pupils
- total number of boys
- total number of girls
- number of pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM)
- percentage of children eligible for free school meals (FSM)
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Yearly update of data from the school level annual school census (SLASC) 2024 for independent schools only
The yearly update of data from the school level annual school census (SLASC) data collection independent schools only has now been completed.
The fields that were updated (where applicable) are:
- street
- locality
- address3
- town
- county
- postcode
- establishment name
- head first name
- head last name
- head title
- number of pupils
- number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
- number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
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Office for National Statistics (ONS) quarterly updates
The update to the geo spatial fields that are updated quarterly from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has now taken place for the August update and the November update.
The relevant fields updated (where appliable) are:
- Government Statistical Service (GSS) local authority (LA) code (also known as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) local authority (LA) number) name
- Government Statistical Service (GSS) local authority (LA) code (also known as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) local authority (LA) number) code
- administrative district name
- administrative district code
- ward name
- ward code
- parliamentary constituency name
- parliamentary constituency code
- urban/rural description name
- urban/rural description code
- middle super output area (MSOA) name
- middle super output area (MSOA) code
- lower super output area (LSOA) name
- lower super output area (LSOA) code
The next quarterly update will take place shortly.
Regards
GIAS support team