DfE: business appointment rules advice
Summary of advice given under the business appointment rules to applicants at SCS2 and SCS1 level and equivalents.
Updates to this page
- From:
- Department for Education
- Published:
- 19 February 2016
- Last updated:
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1 October 2026
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Added 'October 2025 to December 2025 business appointment rules', 'January 2026 to March 2026 business appointment rules' and 'April 2026 to June 2026 business appointment rules'.
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Added July 2025 to September 2025 business appointment rules.
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Added 'April 2025 to June 2025 business appointment rules'.
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Added 'January 2025 to March 2025 business appointment rules'.
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Added 'October 2024 to December 2024 business appointment rules'.
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Added 'July 2024 to September 2024 business appointment rules'.
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Added 'April to June 2024 business appointment rules'.
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Added 'January to March 2024 business appointment rules'.
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Added 'October 2023 to December 2023 business appointment rules'.
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Added 'July 2023 to September 2023 business appointment rules'.
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Added 'April to June 2023 business appointment rules'.
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Added 'January to March 2023 business appointment rules'.
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Added 'October to December 2022 business appointment rules'.
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Added 'July to September 2022 business appointment rules' to the page.
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The business appointment rules for April to June 2022 have been added.
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Added 'January 2022 to March 2022 business appointment rules'.
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Added business appointment rules for October to December 2021.
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Added new business appointment rules for the period April 2020 to March 2021, and for July to September 2021.
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Added 'April 2021 to March 2022' business appointment rules' document.
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Added 'April 2020 to March 2021 business appointment rules' document.
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Added business appointment rules up to March 2020 to the 'April 2019 to March 2020 business appointment rules' document.
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Added 'Business appointment rules – July to September 2019'.
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Added 2019 business appointment rules transparency information document including information up to September 2019.
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Added business appointment rules document for the period July to September 2018.
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Added business appointment rules document for the period April to June 2018.
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Published business appointment rules document for the period January to March 2018.
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Added business appointment rules document for the period October to December 2017.
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DfE did not issue any business appointment rules documents for the period July to September 2017.
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Added business appointment rules document for the period April to June 2017.
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Added new business appointment rules document for the period October 2016 to March 2017.
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Published new business appointment rules documents for the period January to September 2016.
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First published.
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Applies to England
Documents
Details
Information about outside appointments or employment taken up by former members of the Department for Education (DfE).
It covers former staff at senior Civil Service levels SCS1 and SCS2 (and equivalents), and levels that fall within the scope of the business appointment rules. It also covers special advisers of equivalent level.