SIMS Census - Should this permanent exclusion be included in Census as not currently?

[KeyData]

Hello,

 

I have a student with a permanent exclusion start date of 15/03/2023, a Governor Review Date of 18/04/2023 with a Review Result of Exclusion Stands and a Final Governor Review Outcome Date of 18/04/2023 and a Review Result of Exclusion upheld by initial governor review (confirmed). The student was taken off-roll on 16/05/2023. This permanent exclusion is not showing on our detailed Census exclusion report but the LA insists it should be included. When testing, our LSU found that if we edited both 18/04/2023 dates to 09/04/2023, it was included.

 

Our LA checked with the DfE and was told

"as the exclusion start date falls within the reporting period (01/08/2022 – 09/04/2023) and it was upheld prior to the census date (18/05/2023), it would be expected to be reported in the summer census."

 

I am on Fileset 2402. Is this a bug with the SIMS Census or is the DfE advice incorrect? I have been unable to find a link to official clear guidance on this. I have logged a call with our LSU but wondered if anyone can shed some light on this for me.

 

Thanks

 

Mark

[Seb1780]

I believe that the issue is caused by the Governor Review date being in the summer term whereas the census is only looking at spring term events. You should be able to put a note on COLLECT to cover this.

 

EDIT - the census only looked at exclusion data up to 9/4/23

Edited May 25, 2023 by Seb1780

[KeyData]

Thanks Seb1780. I will submit the census with a note and wait for our LSU to respond to my logged call.