School Census – Patches to delete data – Proficiency in English, Pupil Nationality and Country of Birth

BySarah Hart

Given the recent position of the DfE no longer collecting Proficient in English (1.4.3.2), Pupil Country of Birth (1.4.3.3) and Pupil Nationality (1.4.3.4), Capita SIMS have released the following three patches in SOLUS3 to delete this data: Patch 24423 – Deletes all records for Proficiency in English information for all past, present and future students….

Country of Birth and Nationality

Byjanet.demaine

These data items will no longer be required by DfE as part of the school census from September 2018 and there is no DfE requirement for the data to be stored, or retained, within school management information systems.  Each school therefore has the responsibility as data controllers to decide whether they should continue to collect, process or retain…