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Below is the specification for data files that are uploaded to the Catholic Schools NSW Census Upload portal. Each column must be created in the order shown below in the Input Column Sequence from CSV field, with the headings shown in the Header-Display in CSV field.

For instructions on upload uploading files to the Catholic Schools NSW Census Portal, please see Uploading data to CSNSW using the Census Upload portal.

Census Upload Template

Below is the Catholic Schools NSW Census Upload Template. This template provides an Excel workbook that contains the instructions for using the template, as well as a sheet for Students, Teaching Staff, and Non-Teaching Staff data. It can be used as a starting point for collating your Census data in the format outlined by our File Specification in preparation for upload to our Census Upload portal.

Note

Each sheet will need to be exported separately in Comma Separated Value (CSV) format for upload. You will not be able to upload the entire Excel workbook to the Census Upload portal.

February Census Upload Template (Updated )

Download the February Census Upload Template

August Census Upload Template (Updated )

Download the August Census Upload Template

File Specifications

Student Data file

Header-Display in CSV

Description and specific instructions

Permissible values

Datatype

1

AGEID of location

See extra information on

This is the Location AGEID

Numeric up 5 figures. Valid Location AgeID issued by AGDoE.

string

2

Student ID Original

This is the source system student original identifier (e.g. CEID’ER ID for Compass)– sometimes known within a school as an internal student identifier.

 

See extra information on Student and staff identifiers

 Alpha/Alphanumeric or Numeric up to 12 places.

string

3

Family name

 

This field must be blank.

string

4

Given name

 

This field must be blank.

string

5

Grade

The school grade that the student is enrolled on census date.

*If school is SPECIAL SCHOOL (immaterial of Primary or Secondary school level)

Ungraded Primary if student is 11 years or under on 1st July of the census year

Ungraded Secondary if student is 12 years or over on 1st July of the census year

  • Kindergarten or Kinder

  • Grade 1

  • Grade 2

  • Grade 3

  • Grade 4

  • Grade 5

  • Grade 6

  • Grade 7

  • Grade 8

  • Grade 9

  • Grade 10

  • Grade 11

  • Grade 12

  • Ungraded Primary*

  • Ungraded Secondary*

string

6

Class (Primary only)

Name or ID of class that the student attends.

The value entered in this column must be the same for all children in the same class.

Note in previous years there has been tendency to group classes e.g. K/1/2

The requirement for this is what class does the child belong to - e.g. if he/she spends most time in Grade 1 Giraffes then put 1-Giraffes rather than 1-Giraffes/2-Rhinos/1-Lemurs which all Grade 1 students are split between.

string

7

Date of birth

The date the student was born. The student’s age in census will be calculated as at Census Reference Date (

2020-

Jul-01 of the current year) – a different date to the Census Date.

Valid date

Date-dd/mm/yyyy

8

Gender

The gender of the student.

  • Male

  • Female

  • Intersex/Unspecified

string

9

Indigenous

Indicates whether the student self-identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

  • Yes

  • No

  • Not stated

string

10

Visa status

Indicates whether the student holds a permanent, bridging or temporary visa and if so, whether or not the Visa is eligible for funding. 

Those entered as "Funded Visa" or "Unfunded Visa" are counted as Students on Visas on DESE.

Those entered as "Unfunded Visa" are counted as Overseas Students.

  • No Visa

  • Funded Visa

  • Unfunded Visa

Validate as warning on correlation with Indigenous status – if Yes to Indigenous and has a Visa then alert

string

11

Boarding

Indicates whether the student is accommodated in residential facilities administered by the school

  • Yes

  • No

string

12

Language status

Language status:

ESL=English as a second language +/- government assistance

LBOTE=Language background other than English

  • ESL and receiving assistance

  • ESL but not receiving assistance

  • LBOTE but not ESL

  • Not LBOTE

string

13

Religion

Student religious classification

  • Catholic

  • No religion

  • Orthodox

  • Other Christian

  • Other faith

  • Religion unknown

string

14

Enrolment status

Indicates whether the student is officially attending full-time or part-time

  • Full-time

  • Part-time

string

15

FTE

If part-time, proportion of study load compared to a full-time student

  • Numerical – between 0 and 1 (non-inclusive) and rounded to one decimal place

  • If between .5 and <1.0 then round up

  • If  >0.0 and < 0.5 then round down

Decimal(6,1)

16

Attending another school (part-time only)

Indicates whether or not a part-time student attends another school.

For all Full-time students this will be No
For all Part-time students this will be Yes/No

  • Yes

  • No

string

17

Special Circumstances application

NB February is all “N/A”

Most, if not all, students will be “No”. 

Status
colourBlue
titleOnly Required for August

  • Yes

  • No

  • N/A

    Status
    colourBlue
    titleUse this value for

FEBRUARY
  • FEBRUARy

string

18

Special Circumstances application-Outcome

 NB February is all “N/A”

Status
colourBlue
titleOnly Required for August

  • Waiting

  • Approved

  • Declined

  • N/A

    Status
    colourBlue
    titleUse this value for FEBRUARY

  • Waiting

  • Approved

  • Declined

    string

    19

    Included in current census

    “Yes” for if the student is to be the included in the current census

    . See the extra section on Special Circumstances for further information(only August Census)

    .

    Status
    colourBlue
    titleOnly Required for August

    • Yes

      Status
      colourBlue
      titleUse this value for FEBRUARY

    • No

    string

    20

    Student ID NCCD

     This a new field.  It is the  “external NCCD Student Identifier” as exposed by the NCCD system for an NCCD student. This required so can match the Census student record with the NCCD system record for export to DESE.

    Status
    colourBlue
    titleOnly Required for August

    Alpha/Alphanumeric or Numeric (up to 12 places)

    Blank

    Status
    colourBlue
    titleUse this value for FEBRUARY

    string

    Teaching Staff file

    Header-Display in CSV

    Description and specific instructions

    Permissible values

    Datatype

    1

    AGEID of location

    AGEID of location

    See extra information on Location AGEID

    Numeric up 5 figures. Valid Location AgeID issued by AGDoE.

    string

    2

    Staff ID Orig

    Staff ID Original

    This is the source system staff original identifier (e.g. SAS Identifier or NESA Registration #).

     

    See extra information on Student and staff identifiers

    string

    3

    Family name

     

    This field must be blank.

    string

    4

    Given name

     

    This field must be blank.

    string

    5

    Indigenous

    Indicates whether the

    student

    staff self-identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

    • Yes

    • No

    • Not stated

    string

    6

    Gender

    The gender of the staff member.

    • Male

    • Female

    • Intersex/Unspecified

    string

    7

    Workload status

    Indicates whether the staff member is employed full-time or part-time.  This is campus-specific - if the staff member works full-time in total but part-time at each of two or more campuses, they should be recorded as part-time.

    • Full-time

    • Part-time

    string

    8

    Primary FTE

    Proportion of full-time staff FTE workload worked at a primary level

    Numerical – between 0 and 1 to one decimal place.  Restrictions on values shown

    on "Instructions -

    in Staff

    FTE" page

    Permissible FTE Values

    Cannot be blank . If there is no Primary FTE to report , please report 0.

    Decimal(6,1)

    9

    Secondary FTE

    Proportion of full-time staff FTE workload worked at a secondary level

    Numerical – between 0 and 1 to one decimal place.  Restrictions on values shown

    on "Instructions -

    in Staff

    FTE" page

    Permissible FTE Values

    Cannot be blank . If there is no Secondary FTE to report , please report 0.

    Decimal(6,1)

    10

    Class (Primary only)

    Name or ID of class that the staff supervises.

    It is understood this may be a range of classes

    Note in previous years there has been a tendency to group classes e.g. K/1/2

    The requirement for this is what class does the teacher staff member belong to - e.g. if he/she spends most time in Grade 1 Giraffes then put 1-Giraffes rather than 1-Giraffes/2-Rhinos/1-Lemurs which are split between.

     

    11

    Position on staff

    The most senior position in which the staff member is employed

    Report staff according to their ‘major function’ rather than their type of appointment. For example, if a staff member spends 70% of their time at work teaching and 30% on administration duties, report them under their ‘major function’ of teaching. A staff member is to be included in only once in a school location in either Teaching or Non-Teaching section.

    • Principal

    • Assistant Principal

    • RE Coordinators

    • Coordinators 1-3

    • Teachers

    • Teacher Librarian

    string

    12

    Years of Teaching Experience-Total

     

    • 1st Year

    • 2nd Year

    • 3rd to 5th Year

    • 6th to 10th Year

    • 11th to 15th Year

    • 16th to 20th Year

    • More than 20 Years

    string

    13

    Religion

    Religious affiliation

    • Catholic

    • Non-Catholic

    • Religion unknown

    string

    14

    Religious status

    “Yes” for staff belonging to a religious order

    “No” for lay staff

    • Yes

    • No

    string

    15

    Included in current census

    Most, if not all, staff will be “Yes”.

    • Yes

    • No

    string

    Non-Teaching Staff file

    Header-Display in CSV

    Description and specific instructions

    Permissible values

    Datatype

    1

    AGEID of location

    AGEID of location

    See extra information on Location AGEID

    Numeric up 5 figures. Valid Location AgeID issued by AGDoE.

    string

    2

    Staff ID Orig

    Staff ID Original

    This is the source system staff original identifier (e.g. SAS Identifier or NESA Registration #).

     

    See extra information on Student and staff identifiers

    string

    3

    Family name

     

    This field must be blank.

    string

    4

    Given name

     

    This field must be blank.

    string

    5

    Indigenous

    Indicates whether the student self-identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

    • Yes

    • No

    • Not stated

    string

    6

    Gender

    The gender of the staff member.

    • Male

    • Female

    • Intersex/Unspecified

    string

    7

    Workload status

    Indicates whether the staff member is employed full-time or part-time.  This is campus-specific - if the staff member works full-time in total but part-time at each of two or more campuses, they should be recorded as part-time.

    • Full-time

    • Part-time

    string

    8

    Primary FTE

    Proportion of full-time staff FTE workload worked at a primary level

    Numerical – between 0 and 1 to one decimal place.  Restrictions on values shown

    on "Instructions -

    in Staff Permissible FTE

    " page.

    Values

    Decimal(6,1)

    9

    Secondary FTE

    Proportion of full-time staff FTE workload worked at a secondary level

    Numerical – between 0 and 1 to one decimal place.  Restrictions on values shown

    on "Instructions -

    in Staff Permissible FTE

    " page

    Values

    Decimal(6,1)

    10

    Staff function category

    The most senior position in which the staff member is employed

    Report staff according to their ‘major function’ rather than their type of appointment. For example, if a staff member spends 70% of their time at work teaching and 30% on administration duties, report them under their ‘major function’ of teaching. A staff member is to be included in only once in a school location in either Teaching or Non-Teaching section.

    • Executive

    • Administrative and Clerical

    • Building Operations Maintenance & Other

    • Specialist Support

    string

    11

    Religion

    Religious affiliation

    • Catholic

    • Non-Catholic

    • Religion unknown

    string

    12

    Religious status

    “Yes” for staff belonging to a religious order

    “No” for lay staff

    • Yes

    • No

    string

    13

    Included in current census

    Most, if not all, staff will be “Yes”.

    • Yes

    • No

    string

    Additional information

    Staff Permissible FTE Values

    Single Campus School

    Permissible values of Primary & Secondary FTE in Staff tables – single campus schools

    Level of education

    Workload status

    Primary FTE

    Secondary FTE

    Total FTE

    Primary

    Full-time

    1

    0

    1

    Primary

    Part-time

    0.1 to 0.9

    0

    0.1 to 0.9

    Secondary

    Full-time

    0

    1

    1

    Secondary

    Part-time

    0

    0.1 to 0.9

    0.1 to 0.9

    Combined

    Full-time

    0 to 1.0

    0 to 1.0

    1

    Combined

    Part-time

    0 to 0.9

    0 to 0.9

    0.1 to 0.9

    Multi Campus School

    Permissible values of Primary FTE in Staff tables – multi campus schools

    Campus

    Workload status

    Primary FTE

    Secondary FTE

    Total FTE

    Primary

    Full-time

    1

    0

    1

    Primary

    Part-time

    0.1 to 0.9

    0

    0.1 to 0.9

    Secondary

    Full-time

    0

    1

    1

    Secondary

    Part-time

    0

    0.1 to 0.9

    0.1 to 0.9

    Note

    Staff at both campuses are deemed to be Part-time even if the total added over all campuses adds up to “1.0”.

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