Who to Include:
General Rules
Teachers and Support Staff need to be included in the School Workforce Census (SWC) as a named record (i.e. included in your Personnel system) if they are in regular service. This is defined as continuous service of one month (28 days) or more, either under a specific contract or under a service agreement.
Exceptions:
• Finance officers on a Service Level Agreement e.g. Babcock (but record on Third Party Headcount if in school on 8 November)
• Advisory Teachers on a Service Level Agreement e.g. Babcock (but record on Third Party Headcount if in school on 8 November)
• ScoMIS IT Support Technicians (this information will be sent to the DfE via a central file)
• Governors and Clerk to Governors
• Voluntary Staff
• Staff employed at Childrens Centres (except where an element of their time is for the maintained school sector)
• Staff employed in extended services, e.g. breakfast club (except where an element of their time is for the maintained school sector)
• Escorts (Except where employed to provide support to children e.g. with SEN, escorting them between various activities or location (other than home to school))
• Peripatetic Teachers whose contract is with parents (If their contract is with the school they must be included)
• Support Staff not employed by the school or LA. (These are only included on SWC in Third Party Headcount if in school on the census day)
• Exam invigilators (unless they meet the regular service criteria)
A more extensive list is available in Annex 1 of the Devon Annual School Workforce Census guidance.