CES census FAQ

Error: Please set subject course. This is needed in order to determine RE teaching.

You will need to either:

• (Recommended for Secondaries) - Make sure all classes have a subject set following these instructions
• (Recommended for Primaries as you won't have different classes) - Manually fill in the Additional Information section of your CES census.

Teaching staff's ethnicity is not pulling through

Check they have their ethnicity set:

1. Go to their staff profile and click on Ethnicity in the Identity section.
2. In the slide-over select their ethnicity and click Save Changes.

Ethnicity is set but they are still not showing

Check they have a teacher status:

1. Go to their staff profile and scroll down to Qualifications & Checks.
2. Click on Teacher Status and then the add the status.

My Support Staff Members are not pulling through

If your Support Staff Members are not pulling through into the Education Support Staff list in the Categories Listed in Guidance section, check they have the business role set:

1. Go to the staff profile and scroll down to Current Business Roles.
2. Click on CES Support Category.
3. Set a category and then Save Changes.

How can I set a staff member as a Specialist Qualified RE Teacher?

1. Go to their staff profile and scroll down to Qualifications & Checks.
2. Click on CES Specialist Qualified RE Teacher.
3. Tick the box and then click Save Changes.

More staff members teaching RE than what we have - how can I change this?

Arbor counts any staff (that are included in the CES census) who has taken a class which has the subject of RE. For example, it will include any staff member that has covered an RE Lesson as they have at some point taught RE.

You can override this manually in the Additional information section in the CES Census Overview page.

Staff members' NPQH qualification is not pulling through

You will need to add a qualification to their profile from the Qualification & Checks section. Click +Add and choose to add a Professional Qualification.

Add in the details, choosing 'Certificate in Education or Equivalent' for the type and 'NPQH' as the name, set a date awarded and save.

Staff members' CCRS qualification is not pulling through

You will need to add a qualification to their profile from the Qualification & Checks section. Click +Add and choose to add a Professional Qualification.

Add in the details, choosing 'Certificate in Education or Equivalent' for the type and 'CCRS' as the name, set a date awarded and save.

Senior Leadership Team have the correct business roles but their details are not correct in the Census

Business roles in Arbor are just for permission management. Staff members can have multiple Arbor business roles, these won’t be exported in the Census.

The details exported is the staff member's post linked to their active Contract. Take a look at this article for full details on positions, and which Business Category and Census Role Identifiers should be used together. We recommend reviewing the Positions in the In Use and Historic tabs on the School > All Staff > HR Admin > Positions to make sure your happy with what is being exported.

How can I remove a staff member from the Census?

Click here for a guide that explains how you can exclude certain staff members or contracts from the census. You'll also see how to create a custom report to find out which of your staff are being included.