Scottish Exchange of Data: school estates core facts

Background

Information is collected on the extent, condition and sufficiency of the school estate. Information is used at both national and local level to inform targets, spending decisions, support monitoring and evaluation of progress over time and support assessments of value for money.

“We have published the results of School estate statistics 2024 - gov.scot

2025 survey

Data submissions for this collection are made online via ProcXed. A user guide for ProcXed and a link to the login page can be found in our ProcXed guidance..

Your prepopulated template is sent directly to you in a go-live email from the ScotXed Unit. 

If you have any questions please contact us at scotxed@gov.scot

Survey timetable

ProcXed available: 1 April 2025

Census date: 1 April 2025

Submission date: 2 May 2025

Survey documentation 2025

Please note the questions on the most recent survey dates for schools must be completed. If you have any schools built and managed by contractors under public/private partnership or PFI models, and therefore do not hold survey dates yourself, please ask for the dates to be supplied to you by the contractors in time to complete your return.

The school estates core facts data specification documents and blank template are available on the Knowledge Hub platform. If you do not have access to this please email scotxed@gov.scot

School estates core facts survey: guidance notes

We have published guidance notes on the school estates core facts survey.