Scope and Contents Admission, Progress, and Withdrawal Registers usually record a students' name, date of admission, name and address of parent or guardian, standards passed each year, and date of departure. Previous school and destination upon leaving may also be recorded.

Scope and Contents Annual Classification Returns, or Annual Examination Reports, record the details of individual classes. Student’s names, ages and their grades are listed as well as the teacher’s name. Sometimes there might be comments by the teacher or inspector.