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Find out about the net capacity assessment (NCA) programme, when school site visits will take place and how to read your NCA report.
Find out what standards your school or college should meet on laptops, desktops and tablets.
Criteria and supporting advice for accredited providers wishing to offer the assessment only route to qualified teacher status (QTS).
A course to help teachers learn how to effectively teach and promote literacy across the whole school, year group, key stage or phase.
Final list of post-16 level 3 qualifications that have had their funding approval extended or removed from 1 August 2025.
Information and forms for academy trust chairs of trustees to apply for a suitability check, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Information about academy admissions and the role of the Department for Education (DfE).
Guidance for local authorities on the early years expansion grant conditions, methodology and allocations.
Governance professionals (clerks to the board of trustees) may wish to print a PDF version of the Academy trust handbook 2024 for their induction pack for new trustees.
This self-assessment checklist helps academy trusts check they are managing resources effectively and identify any adjustments they need to make.
Guide for local authorities submitting the children looked after data return for the year 2024 to 2025.
Guidance on the role of the Department for Education in making commissioning decisions about academy trusts.
Find out what standards your school or college should meet on copper cabling, optical fibre cabling and installation.
Criteria that qualifications in the level 3 free courses for jobs offer need to meet alongside the common funding approval criteria.
Best-practice standards for early years teachers.
The national minimum standards that boarding schools must meet to safeguard and protect the children in their care.
Information for software suppliers and FE providers that write their own software about learning aims and data sources for individualised learner records (ILR).
Guidance on the standards for planning and providing food in schools.
Guidance for maintained schools and academies with 16 to 19 provision on the teachers' pension scheme employer contribution grant.
Information about the range of help and support available from the Further Education Commissioner, Department for Education and delivery partners.
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