What’s New?
School Workforce Census Updates 2024/25
Legislative software update for versions 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.0.
Key changes
Relabel Gender to Sex
"Sex" must be recorded for all staff reported at Staff Details level.
Sex is the legal sex (as on a birth certificate or gender recognition certificate).
Impacts reporting to HMRC as legal sex can affect pension ages and NI contributions.
Existing "Gender" values can be mapped to the new "Sex" field.
📌 Note – Schools and local authorities will not be asked to re-obtain sex information from staff.
Ethnicity codes updated
New categories:
ABRI – Asian - British
AWEL – Asian - Welsh
BBRI – Black - British
BWEL – Black - Welsh
Updated description: "Traveller with Irish Heritage" → Irish Traveller
Product fixes
Access Ref | Details | Summary of Fix or Change | Area of SelectHR |
1129155 | P11D Online Submission fails when positive Mileage Allowance Payments are processed. Error: invalid child element | Corrected XML generation for P11D Online Submission where mileage allowance benefits are included. | Legislative |
1278779 | No primary or candidate keys in | Updated script so | System |
210224 | [SELECTHR-47849] Report not found / Unable to clear Temp Folder in Doc Store. | New batch job “CDMS - Delete Old Temp Files” clears files unused for >1 year. | System |
1270024 | P11D Report & Submissions: fully electric cars incorrectly flagged as “Not approved CO₂ emissions”. | Corrected so cars with "Electricity only" and CO₂ = 0 are not flagged incorrectly. | Legislative |
1271362 | Consolidation email notification failure. | Emails now sent from the default sender configured in your mail server. | System |
How to access this update
Version 4.0 updates are applied via our automation process.
Hosted customers – you will be contacted with your schedule (also viewable in the Admin Zone).
Please ensure your contact details are up to date in the Notification Settings area.
For queries, contact [email protected].