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How to request and manage school-led initial teacher training (ITT) places for School Direct.
Offers made to applicants for secondary and primary school places to start in September 2020, and the number and proportion which received preferred offers.
Guide for local authorities to help them complete and return the school admission appeals data collection 2024.
We’re seeking views on a revised version of the School Admissions Code to support vulnerable children.
Forms to be used by local authorities for requesting that the Secretary of State for Education directs an academy to admit a child.
Offers made to applicants for secondary and primary school places to start in September 2021, and the number and proportion which received preferred offers.
Files for the electronic transfer of 2025 co-ordinated admissions data, primarily for use by software suppliers.
We decide on objections and variations to admission arrangements, appeals from schools directed to admit pupils, significant changes to schools and ownership of school land. OSA works with the Department for Education .
Files for the electronic transfer of 2022 co-ordinated admissions data, primarily for use by software suppliers.
Files for the electronic transfer of 2024 co-ordinated admissions data, primarily for use by software suppliers.
Guidance for governing bodies on how to meet its legal and regulatory responsibilities with regards to compliance.
Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
Guidance about every piece of information you need to send us in summer 2024.
Information regarding aspects of education for service children in the UK, this will vary depending on where they live or may move to.
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.
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