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Guidance on the strategic leadership and governance of local-authority-maintained schools.
A framework to support trainee and early career teacher development.
The writing framework outlines a common approach to teaching writing based on evidence and existing good practice.
How local authorities, local-authority-maintained schools, and academies should collect and submit data for the school workforce census.
How schools and colleges can meet standards to use the right digital infrastructure and technology.
Download your teaching certificates and check details of your training and induction.
UK qualifications that meet Department for Education (DfE) criteria for counting in the early years foundation stage statutory framework staff:child ratios.
Statutory guidance on pay and conditions for teachers in England.
Information for eligible schools about the School-based Nursery (SBN) Capital Grant for 2025 to 2026.
If you have a non-social-work-related degree and want to become a child and family social worker, you can train through this programme.
Check if a new employee can work with children while you wait for Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.
How to use the good level of development (GLD) data tool to access the Compare your GLD data report.
Guidance on setting up and running free breakfast clubs, including specific guidance for schools joining phase 1 of the national rollout from April 2026.
Published allocations and conditions of grant for the 2025 to 2026 financial year
How managers can check if an early years qualification is approved as full and relevant by DfE for working in staff:child ratios in England.
The Department for Education's (DfE) sustainability leadership and climate action plans initiative.
Guidance on strategic leadership and the governance of academy trusts.
Information that schools maintained by a local authority must or should publish on their website.
The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for English at key stages 1 to 4.
Find out how to obtain qualified teacher status (QTS) to teach in a maintained school or non-maintained special school in England.
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