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Explains the role of schools and academy trusts in supporting parents to access wraparound childcare.
What schools maintained by the local authority should do when setting up their whistleblowing procedure.
Guidance on the role of the Department for Education in making commissioning decisions about academy trusts.
Policies, governance arrangements and documents to help you manage your estate to meet your educational aims and align with your other strategies.
Statutory guidance on the responsibilities of local authorities and regional directors relating to schools and pupil referral units that require support or intervention.
Guidance to help schools set out their policies on charging for school activities and visits.
Support for maintained school governing bodies, academy trust boards, leaders and governance professionals (clerks) in developing sustainable and effective governance.
Request a material change to an independent school (also known as a private school) registered with the Department for Education.
Specifications for software suppliers developing school summary reports for the school censuses in autumn 2025, spring 2026 and summer 2026.
A guide for schools on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability.
Advice on when a school employee with a car driving licence may drive a minibus and when a section 19 permit might be required.
Employer agreement with the DfE to pay training providers to carry out apprenticeship training.
Find out which pupils are in scope for the alternative provision census.
Prohibiting unsuitable people from managing independent schools, academies and free schools or governing a local-authority-maintained school.
Guidance for schools and local authorities on funding for free breakfast clubs for primary schools from September 2025 to March 2026.
Guidance for managing staff and employment issues.
What is expected of a registered apprenticeship training provider.
Guidance to help schools and local authorities understand their obligations in relation to the School Premises Regulations 2012.
Understand how to follow safeguarding procedures when planning remote education strategies and teaching remotely.
How local authorities should collect and submit data about providers of early years education to complete the annual early years census.
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