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Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
All children in England between the ages of 5 and 16 are entitled to a…
Faith schools have to follow the national curriculum, but they can choose…
Free schools are funded by the government but are not run by the local…
Academies receive funding directly from the government and are run by an…
City technology colleges and ‘ the city college for the technology of the…
State boarding schools provide free education but charge fees for…
Private schools (also known as ‘independent schools’) charge fees to…
Guidance on the strategic leadership and governance of local-authority-maintained schools.
Guidance on strategic leadership and the governance of academy trusts.
Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints.
Information that academies – including any educational setting with academy arrangements – and further education (FE) colleges must or should publish on their website.
An overview of school capital funding, who it's for, current and past allocations, how it's calculated and spending guidance.
Information that schools maintained by a local authority must or should publish on their website.
Find out what help you can get to develop a whole school or college approach to mental health and wellbeing.
Complain about a school - complaints process, when to complain to the Department for Education, the Education Funding Agency or Ofsted.
Guidance and tools to help you understand and analyse your school or college's performance.
Find out about protection for disabled people from discrimination at work, in education or dealing with the police
How schools can share daily attendance data.
Find out how VAT applies to education, research, vocational training, examination services and goods and services connected with these activites.
Assessment of the impact of National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) grants on outcomes for schools, leaders and pupils.
This guide provides an overview of the inspection data summary report (IDSR) for primary and secondary schools, including schools with a sixth form and gives guidance on interpreting the data.
Guidance for colleges to report the number of their students eligible for pupil premium and free school meals in the 2023 to 2024 academic year
Information for eligible academies, sixth-form colleges and voluntary aided (VA) schools about the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF).…
How much PE and sport premium funding schools will receive for the academic year 2023 to 2024 and advice on how to spend it.
Information for academies about their annual revenue funding.
A course to help teachers learn how to become a teacher educator and successfully support teachers in their school to expand their skills.
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