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How to access your school attendance data through the Monitor your school attendance tool.
Information that schools maintained by a local authority must or should publish on their website.
Guides for schools and local authorities submitting data using COLLECT.
Guidance on the strategic leadership and governance of local-authority-maintained schools.
How schools and colleges can use the right digital infrastructure and technology.
Statutory guidance that schools must follow when carrying out duties relating to school admissions.
Find resources to help you develop a whole school or college approach to mental health and wellbeing.
How schools can prohibit the use of mobile phones throughout the school day.
How to use the good level of development (GLD) data tool to access the Compare your GLD data report.
Guidance on strategic leadership and the governance of academy trusts.
Find out how your school can plan and use digital technology effectively.
Information that academies – including any educational setting with academy arrangements – and further education (FE) colleges must or should publish on their website.
Guidance for schools and local authorities about providing school meals including information on free school meal eligibility.
Technical specification and validation rules for submitting 2025 to 2026 school census data.
Resources to help schools plan and provide healthy food in schools.
Specifications for software suppliers developing school summary reports for the school censuses in autumn 2025, spring 2026 and summer 2026.
How independent schools must collect and submit data for the school-level annual school census (SLASC).
Advice for state-funded school admission authorities, independent schools, local authorities and parents.
Guidance to help schools understand how the Equality Act affects them and how to fulfil their duties under the act.
How local authority-maintained schools and maintained nurseries can set up or review their complaints procedures.
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