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).