Absence Data Discovery - MIS Supplier Engagement

The purpose of this notice is to alert organisations that deliver Management Information Systems to schools that the Department for Education (DfE) want to engage in discussions to inform a discovery into returning absence data using APIs. This is an opportunity for suppliers to feedback to the DfE in an open forum and therefore supplier participation is key. Due to the coronavirus outbreak the DfE and wider government has a need for timely (potentially twice daily) pupil and teacher absence data as schools start t...