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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…
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.
Statutory guidance for schools and colleges on safeguarding children and safer recruitment.
Guidance on the special educational needs and disability (SEND) system for children and young people aged 0 to 25, from 1 September 2014.
Statutory guidance on multi-agency working to help, protect and promote the welfare of children.
Non-statutory curriculum guidance for the early years foundation stage.
These standards set the minimum requirements for teachers’ practice and conduct.
This page summarises future assessment dates in primary schools, to assist schools with their forward planning.
The national curriculum primary programmes of study and attainment targets for key stages 1 and 2.
Guidance for schools, academy trusts, governing bodies and local authorities on maintaining high levels of school attendance, including roles and responsibilities.
The rules employers and training providers must follow to get funding for training and assessing apprentices in England.
Information that schools maintained by a local authority must or should publish on their website.
Guidance for local authorities and schools about children educated at home.
Find out how to obtain qualified teacher status (QTS) to teach in a maintained school or non-maintained special school in England.
A template to support schools to publish a summary of their music development plan on their website.
Guidance for schools and local authorities on what data we need for the school census and how to submit it.
Statutory guidance on relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education.
Guidance on the suspension and permanent exclusion of pupils from local-authority-maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units.
Lists of qualifications that meet DfE's criteria for counting in the early years foundation stage framework staff:child ratios.
Guidance about every piece of information you need to send us in autumn 2023, spring and summer 2024.
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