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Running and managing a school

Governance, school admissions, premises, data collection and censuses, complaints, uniforms, setting up or changing a school's status.

Services

  1. Apply for a primary school place

    Apply for a state primary school place through your local council

  2. Schools admissions

    Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints

  3. Apply for a secondary school place

    Apply for a state secondary school place through your local council

  4. Complain about a school or childminder

    Complain about a school or childminder - complaints process, when to complain to the Department for Education, the Education Funding Agency or Ofsted

  5. Find before and after school and holiday clubs

    Ask your council about before and after school clubs and holiday play schemes run by a school, private or voluntary organisation

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Guidance and regulation

  1. School census 2018 to 2019: guide for schools and LAs
    • Guidance
    • Department for Education
  2. School census: guide to submitting data
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Education
  3. School complaints procedures: guidance for schools
    • Guidance
    • Department for Education
  4. School to school service: how to transfer information
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Education
  5. Deal for schools: hiring supply teachers and agency workers
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Education and Crown Commercial Service
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News and communications

News story

£2.5 million to boost international exchanges for schools

Department for Education

  1. Annual report of the Chief Schools Adjudicator for England
    • Department for Education and Office of the Schools Adjudicator
    • Press release
  2. St Mary the Virgin Church of England Primary School
    • Office of the Schools Adjudicator
    • Decision
  3. The Bellbird Primary School
    • Office of the Schools Adjudicator
    • Decision
  4. St John the Baptist CE Junior School
    • Office of the Schools Adjudicator
    • Decision
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Research and statistics

  1. Sustainable improvement in multi-school groups
    • Department for Education
    • Research
  2. Summary of Annual Examination Results (SAER) 2017/18
    • Department of Education (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
    • National statistics
  3. Approaches to supporting disadvantaged pupils
    • Department for Education
    • Research
  4. Public Appointments: Annual Report for Northern Ireland, 2016/17
    • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and The Executive Office (Northern Ireland)
    • Official statistics
  5. Secondary and primary school application and offers: 2018
    • Department for Education
    • Official statistics
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. School security: draft guidance
    • Department for Education
    • Open consultation
    • Closing date 19 February 2019
  2. Ventilation, thermal comfort and indoor air quality in schools
    • Department for Education, Closed organisation: Education Funding Agency, and Education and Skills Funding Agency
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 25 August 2016
  3. Staffing and employment advice for schools
    • Department for Education
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 10 February 2016
  4. Schools that work for everyone
    • Department for Education
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 12 December 2016
  5. Voluntary-aided schools capital scheme: equalities impact assessment
    • Department for Education
    • Impact assessment
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. South-East England and south London headteacher board
    • Schools Commissioners Group
    • Transparency
  2. North of England headteacher board
    • Schools Commissioners Group
    • Transparency
  3. Lancashire and west Yorkshire headteacher board
    • Schools Commissioners Group
    • Transparency
  4. East Midlands and the Humber headteacher board
    • Schools Commissioners Group
    • Transparency
  5. Free schools and UTCs: successful applications
    • Department for Education
    • Transparency
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