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This guidance sets out the objectives of Supporting Families in 2022 to 2025 and is for local authorities and their partners delivering Supporting Families.
How local authorities should report data for the annual special educational needs survey, commonly known as SEN2.
A framework to help social care and criminal justice agencies keep looked-after children out of the criminal justice system.
Guidance for schools and post-16 education organisations in England on providing free period products for pupils and students.
Guidance on DfE's post-16 funding assurance process for further education and new apprenticeship providers.
Non-statutory guidance for schools, responsible bodies and childcare providers looking to open or expand school-based nursery provision.
Information on how DfE monitors post-16 data returns to ensure funding is eligible and the data used to drive funding calculations and allocations processes is robust.
Further information about the financial returns that academy trusts must submit to DfE.
Information on how we allocate adult skills funding, loan facilities and bursaries, apprenticeships carry-in and non-levy extensions to providers.
Guides for parents of primary and secondary age pupils that schools can use to communicate with them about teaching relationships and health education.
A parent and carer’s guide on the safeguarding arrangements you should expect from activity clubs, tutors and coaches.
Guidance on how to check that schools are managing their resources and money efficiently.
Information for local authorities, schools and colleges about high needs funding arrangements for the 2025 to 2026 financial and academic year.
Legal and regulatory requirements and recommended practice that apply to further education (FE) and sixth-form college corporations.
Information on leasing activities for maintained schools, including the international financial reporting standard (IFRS 16 leases).
Guidance on how to spot errors with your individualised learner record (ILR) data and how to resolve them.
Guidance for the employer support grant for employers and training providers.
Sets out what the government is doing to help schools choose a phonics teaching programme.
Some of the processes we describe in this manual state that you need to send us information through a form. This section of the manual contains those forms.
How the further education (FE) college condition allocation is calculated and what FE colleges and designated institutions can spend their allocations on.
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