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Track the status and progress of your student finance application using your online account to make sure your money is ready for starting your course.
Guidance on the suspension and permanent exclusion of pupils from local-authority-maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units.
These standards set the minimum requirements for teachers’ practice and conduct.
How schools, academy trusts, governing bodies and local authorities should maintain high levels of school attendance.
English grammar, punctuation and spelling test materials administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 2 (KS2) in May 2026.
Guidance for local authorities and schools about children educated at home.
The rules employers and training providers must follow to get funding for training and assessing apprentices in England.
Our appeals procedure was updated on 31 March 2023. Any new appeals received from 1 April 2023 will follow our new process. Customers should read the guidance on this page to find out how to make an appeal in relation to the…
Information for parents about the reception baseline assessment (RBA).
Check if a new employee can work with children while you wait for Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.
Information for students about what living cost funding is available (including student finance for 2026 to 2027 and 2025 to 2026) for those living in England.
Non-statutory guidance to support schools and colleges to design and deliver a high-quality enrichment offer for all pupils and students.
The national curriculum primary programmes of study and attainment targets for key stages 1 and 2.
Statutory guidance about the support that pupils with medical conditions should receive at school.
If you're going back to university after studying previously or you're repeating a year, this can affect your student finance.
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 how to interpret the data.
Arrangements for the statutory reception baseline assessment (RBA).
This page summarises future assessment dates in primary schools, to assist schools with their forward planning.
Guidance and best practice to support school leaders to use inclusive mainstream funding to strengthen inclusive practice and develop an inclusion strategy.
English reading test materials administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 2 (KS2) in May 2026.
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