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Information about how we allocate 16 to 19 funding to institutions.
Further information about the financial returns that academy trusts must submit to DfE.
Suggested privacy notices for schools and local authorities to issue to staff, parents and pupils about the collection of data.
Best-practice standards for early years teachers.
Information leaflet for parents about the phonics screening check, which takes place in June.
Explains to learners how their qualification data is used if they allow others to see their personal learning record.
How we regulate and intervene in independent schools, and details of when we take legal action against unregistered schools.
Resources to help you promote staff wellbeing and support workload reduction in your school.
Guidance for schools and local authorities on funding for schools using one of the DfE funded training providers to deliver early career teacher entitlement (ECTE) from 1 September 2025.
Advice on when a school employee with a car driving licence may drive a minibus and when a section 19 permit might be required.
Guidance for training providers on the conditions for the apprenticeship provider and assessment register (APAR).
Information on the framework used to procure school and public building construction works.
Guidance on the standards for planning and providing food in schools.
Materials for administering the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the 2025 key stage 2 (KS2) English grammar, punctuation and spelling test.
Guidance on the role of the Department for Education in making commissioning decisions about academy trusts.
Guidance for schools on appraisal and capability policies.
Buy multiple licences for Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) driving theory e-learning for all of the learner drivers you teach or drivers you employ.
Legal and regulatory requirements and recommended practice that apply to further education (FE) and sixth-form college corporations.
This document sets out guidance that applies to all Apprenticeship Assessments, and which will come into effect at a date to be confirmed.
Tables showing provisional allocations for the schools, high needs and central school services blocks from 2025 to 2026.
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