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Audit and regularity assurance requirements for further education colleges, sixth-form colleges and designated institutions.
Video interviews on the new national curriculum and how it can be taught in schools.
Important dates for payments, publications and local authority actions in the 2026 to 2027 financial and academic years.
Procedures and guidance for local authorities about investigating claims of cheating, malpractice or maladministration in the national curriculum assessments.
Guidance for test developers which sets out the specification for the development of the phonics screening check for 2012 and beyond.
Funding guidance for organisations delivering the Care to Learn (C2L) scheme for the academic year.
Explore opportunities at DE&S and find out how to apply for one of our apprenticeships in Bristol.
Guidance on the Apprenticeship Levy which applies to employers whose paybill exceeds a specific threshold.
Guidance for inspectors on inspecting separation by sex in schools and the teaching of protected characteristics and relationships and sex education (RSE).
Guides for schools and local authorities on submitting data for the school workforce census 2025.
How we interpret school and college performance data and report school performance measures.
How Ofqual will use statutory powers to take regulatory action and other less formal action to support awarding organisations to comply with their conditions of recognition.
Grade descriptors for GCSEs graded 9 to 1. Designed to provide an indication of the likely level of performance at grades 2, 5 and 8.
Find out what a Higher Technical Qualification (HTQ) is and how the funding and approval system works.
Guidance on what to consider and when to get approval for novel, contentious or repercussive transactions.
How the Department for Education (DfE) handles complaints about post-16 education and training provision.
How Skills England sets the amount of funding employers can use to fund an individual apprenticeship.
Model document to transfer contracts and staff from a school to an academy trust as part of the academy conversion process.
Support for schools and trusts to plan their workforce and recruit effectively.
Information about how industry placements for T Levels work and how employers can get involved.
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