Key Dates for the 2025 Workforce Census

• Census date 06/11/2025 

• Absence Start date 01/09/2024  

• Absence End Date 31/08/2025 

• Continuous Contract Start Date 01/09/2024 

• Continuous Contract End Date 06/11/2025

• Deadline for submission to DfE 05/12/2025

Please refer to DfE guidance published here - including the main changes compared to previous years (important changes to the collection of Disability and Ethnicity data).

The DfE list of acceptable notepad entries for queries on the school workforce census can found by clicking here.