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How system leaders can help schools improve how they spend their pupil premium budget.
Summary of what this manual includes and where to find information not included in this manual.
A checklist to help academy trusts prepare for the external audit of their annual report and accounts.
Information about portable flexi-job apprenticeships in occupations that often have shorter-term or less predictable working patterns.
Local authority guidance for implementing the funding system for the 2024 to 2025 financial year
Guidance to help users identify the retention periods for data processed by DfE.
Findings from research into how to reduce early withdrawals by 16- to 19-year-olds from full-time courses.
How adoption scorecards will be changing and what measures local authorities and regional adoption agencies need to put in place to prepare.
Guidance for Department for Education (DfE) funded training providers on record keeping and retention
This guidance is for people of Chagossian descent who have, or are applying for, British citizenship and are planning to move to the UK.
An independent review of the Office for Students (OfS) led by Sir David Behan.
Report highlighting best practice from local authorities, including increased support for care leavers over the coronavirus (COVID-19) period.
The national leaders of further education programme is a source of support to improve quality in further education colleges.
Find out about the role of National Leaders of Governance (NLGs) for further education (FE) and how NLGs support college improvement.
The checklist has been provided to support the skills and expertise needed by the workforce to identify needs and issues affecting children.
What services DfE offers to the British Overseas Territories and information on the department's International Education Division (IED).
Technical and vocational qualifications approved for teaching from September 2014 and reporting in the 2016 performance tables.
How local authorities can work collaboratively with other agencies to meet their duties on unregistered independent schools and out-of-school settings.
A 2025 skills and recruitment barometer of feedback from small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) across England.
Guidance for alternative higher education providers on how to apply for specific course designation and annual re-designation.
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