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Guidance explaining the powers schools have to screen and search pupils, and to confiscate items they find.
How accredited initial teacher training (ITT) providers can recruit trainees who are not UK or Irish nationals.
Information for public sector schools that are existing members of the RPA about membership rules and how to make a claim.
Criteria and supporting advice for accredited providers wishing to offer the assessment only route to qualified teacher status (QTS).
Technical specification and validation rules for submitting 2025 to 2026 school census data.
The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for languages at key stages 2 and 3.
How the government funds apprenticeships in England, including details of funding bands and the apprenticeship levy.
Suggested privacy notices for schools and local authorities to issue to staff, parents and pupils about the collection of data.
Information for academies about their annual revenue funding.
Statutory guidance about local authority support to children and families.
Departmental advice on promoting basic important British values as part of pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development.
Guidance for responsible bodies on how to access strategic school improvement capital budget (SSICB) funding.
What schools need to do to set up and manage training, support, assessment and changing circumstances for the early career teacher entitlement (ECTE).
Information for academy trusts and their auditors on how to complete an academies accounts return.
The funding rates and formula used to calculate the education and skills funding arrangements for 16 to 19 year olds.
Information on governance roles, appointments, support and staff well-being.
Guidance to help provide free meals to disadvantaged 16 to 18 year old students in further education funded institutions.
Information for Department for Education funded post-16 education and skills providers on the funding claims and reconciliation process.
Guidance for public sector early years settings and local authorities on the early years National Insurance contributions and teachers’ pay grant (EY NTPG) for financial year 2025 to 2026.
Find out what standards your school or college should meet on connection type, connection speed, resilience and safeguarding.
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