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The standards that school and childcare providers must meet for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5.
Summary of changes for childminders, since the previous issued framework.…
Summary of changes for group and school-based providers, since the…
Statutory guidance for schools and colleges on safeguarding children and safer recruitment.
Explains how to apply for a free level 3 qualification. These courses could help you improve your wage outcomes and job prospects, and gain skills that employers value.
Guidance for headteachers, chief executives and teachers during the pre-election period for local elections and general elections.
Statutory guidance on multi-agency working to help, protect and promote the welfare of children.
Guidance on the special educational needs and disability (SEND) system for children and young people aged 0 to 25, from 1 September 2014.
Non-statutory curriculum guidance for the early years foundation stage.
These standards set the minimum requirements for teachers’ practice and conduct.
The rules employers and training providers must follow to get funding for training and assessing apprentices in England.
The national curriculum primary programmes of study and attainment targets for key stages 1 and 2.
Find out how to obtain qualified teacher status (QTS) to teach in a maintained school or non-maintained special school in England.
Guidance for schools, academy trusts, governing bodies and local authorities on maintaining high levels of school attendance, including roles and responsibilities.
A template to support schools to publish a summary of their music development plan on their website.
Lists of qualifications that meet DfE's criteria for counting in the early years foundation stage framework staff:child ratios.
Guidance for local authorities and schools about children educated at home.
Find out if a person’s qualifications allow them to work in an early years setting, and if you can include them in staff:child ratios.
Information that schools maintained by a local authority must or should publish on their website.
Guidance on the suspension and permanent exclusion of pupils from local-authority-maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units.
This page summarises future assessment dates in primary schools, to assist schools with their forward planning.
Statutory guidance on relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education.
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