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How schools, colleges or their responsible bodies should commission a condition survey and what surveyors should include in the report.
What schools, academies and private schools need to do to get a religious character designation and open as a faith or church school.
The Department for Education's approach to supporting and regulating academy trusts.
How local authorities should collect and submit data for the annual attendance measures census.
Technical specification and validation rules for local authorities completing returns for the 2026 and 2027 special educational needs person level surveys (SEN2).
Guidance to help school building owners and maintenance staff identify building systems and prioritise maintenance and repair of their school estate.
How teachers and school leaders can get support to improve a specific subject or area of teaching.
Supporting guidance for local authorities submitting the elective home education (EHE) and children missing education (CME) 2025 to 2026 academic year data collections.
What final preparations you should complete before your school can open as an academy.
Guidance about the regulation of schools and academies as exempt charities.
Guidance for school governing boards on the board’s role and responsibilities supporting pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities.
Explains schools’ legal duties on political impartiality to help school leaders, teachers and other staff consider these in teaching and extra-curricular activities.
How business professionals working in schools can find, join or create a network of local school business professionals.
Guidance for schools and local authorities on what happens if a school has a budget surplus or deficit when it converts to academy status.
Assessment framework specification files for software suppliers developing management information systems (MIS).
How to apply to open a university technical college (UTC).
Help to implement flexible working, including a toolkit of resources, webinar training and other resources.
The Future Leaders programme develops senior leaders to become headteachers in challenging schools.
Host a safe educational access visit on your farm and complete a site visit declaration between you and the visiting group leader.
Details of the summer schools programme for secondary schools including funding, requirements for running a summer school and best practice evidence.
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