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Advice for institutions on the financial support young people may be able to access to help them participate in education and training.
To support teachers in making early years foundation stage profile (EYFSP) judgements.
The GIAP service allows education professionals to search the National Pupil Database to retrieve pupil data.
The qualifications that staff must hold to be included in the specified staff:child ratios at levels 2, 3 and 6 of the early years foundation stage (EYFS).
Guidance for institutions delivering post-16 education on the National Insurance contributions (NICs) grant for financial year 2025 to 2026.
For academy members, trustees, accounting officers, chief financial officers and auditors.
Information on applying for funding for international study and work placements for schools, further education providers and higher education providers.
Guidance on the strategic leadership and governance of local-authority-maintained schools.
Guidance on setting up and running free breakfast clubs, including specific guidance for schools joining phase 1 of the national rollout from April 2026.
Data protection considerations when taking and using photos and videos, or when using CCTV.
Information for colleges, training organisations and employers about the learning aim reference service, also known as LARS.
Documents forming the Department for Education's employer's requirements.
Check what you need to do to employ teachers who are non-UK citizens.
A subject access request (SAR) is a type of information rights request. A SAR lets people access a copy of the personal data a school holds about them or someone they have parental responsibility for.
Statutory guidance for local authorities on the provision of early education and childcare.
Published allocations and conditions of grant for the 2025 to 2026 academic year.
Guidance on how to use the apprenticeship service to access funds to pay for apprenticeship training.
Guidance to provide support for early years practitioners when completing the early years foundation stage (EYFS) progress check at age 2.
The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for science at key stages 1 to 4.
Local authorities and regional adoption agencies can apply for therapeutic funding for eligible adoptive, special guardianship order and child arrangement order families.
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