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Guidance to help schools understand their health and safety obligations.
Technical specification and validation rules for submitting 2025 to 2026 school census data.
Statutory guidance on the responsibilities of local authorities and regional directors relating to schools and pupil referral units that require support or intervention.
Early career teacher entitlement (ECTE) eligibility criteria and DfE grant funding for schools, early career teachers and mentors.
Guidance on the role of the Department for Education in making commissioning decisions about academy trusts.
Guidance to help schools and colleges manage their security effectively so they can meet their obligations.
Information on how we allocate adult skills funding, loan facilities and bursaries, apprenticeships carry-in and non-levy extensions to providers.
This Building Bulletin provides guidance on ventilation, thermal comfort and indoor air quality in schools
Information for education and training providers on the planning and delivery of study programmes.
Get the right digital devices for teaching and learning by meeting standards for laptops, desktops and tablets for schools and colleges.
The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for music at key stages 1 to 3.
Guidance for employers in early years, schools and colleges on first aid provision.
Guidance for school governing bodies on their role in creating their school's behaviour policy.
A short course for secondary school staff and leaders to support readers at all levels.
Information about support for apprentices who have been redundant or are at risk of redundancy.
Statutory guidance setting out the arrangements for the constitution of governing bodies of all local-authority-maintained schools.
Policies, governance arrangements and documents to help you manage your estate to meet your educational aims and align with your other strategies.
Details of the funding system for the DfE funded adult skills fund (ASF).
Guidance to help schools set out their policies on charging for school activities and visits.
A guide for schools on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability.
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