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DfE will collect the Children in Kinship care indicator for all on-roll pupils as at census day in autumn census only.

• Not declared (default)

• Kinship identified (formal arrangement)

• Kinship identified (informal arrangement)

• Kinship identified (unknown under what arrangement)

This new section introduces data collection on managed moves, which are permanent transfers arranged to reduce a pupil’s risk of exclusion and, or following, a review of off-site direction.

For each managed move arranged during the collection period, schools must provide:

• start date of the managed move

• the destination school URN

• reason for the managed move:

• to reduce the risk of exclusion for a pupil who has not yet been excluded

• following a period of exclusion and decision to transfer

• following review of an off-site direction placement

Schools participating in the government’s free breakfast club programme and receiving funding in exchange for meeting the minimum requirements of the programme (as set out at  Free breakfast clubs: guidance for schools and trusts must record attendance at free breakfast clubs daily: 

This data will be collected termly in arrears from the spring 2027 school census onwards.

Please note: attendance at breakfast clubs operating outside of the government’s free breakfast club programme (e.g., parent paid breakfast clubs or clubs funded through other organisations) should NOT be recorded.