The Spring census requires you to report two additional staff qualification counts: staff without full EY qualifications and staff with SENCO qualifications. You can enter these values directly in the Census Details tab before running your census. This takes just a few minutes and ensures your staff data is ready for DfE submission.
📌Note: These fields only apply to Spring census. Summer and Autumn census do not require staff qualification data.
Before you start
To complete these steps, you need:
Permissions to edit provider census data
Count of staff without full and relevant EY qualifications (excluding volunteers)
Count of staff with Level 3 SENCO qualification or SENCO NPQ
Enter staff qualifications
In Synergy FIS, navigate to the provider record you want to update.
Click the Census Details tab.
At the top of the screen, select the Spring term from the Year/Term dropdown.
Scroll to the bottom of the Staff Details section on the left panel.
In the Number of staff without a full and relevant EY qualification (excluding volunteers) field, enter the count.
In the Number of staff with a Level 3 Early Years Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) qualification or SENCO national profession qualification (NPQ) field, enter the count.
Click Save.