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How to apply to open a university technical college (UTC).
Information on the scope of, and business rationale for, the school workforce census 2026.
Specifications for software suppliers developing school summary reports for the school censuses in autumn 2025, spring 2026 and summer 2026.
Guidance on the DfE funding available to academy trusts for sponsored academy projects.
Helping school governors get the best value from non-staff spend and understand the legal requirements for procurement.
A programme to improve the condition, increase resilience to climate change and support decarbonisation of school and college estates in England.
Guidance for schools and local authorities on what happens if a school has a budget surplus or deficit when it converts to academy status.
Statutory guidance for local authorities, under paragraph A19 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
Guide for parents and carers about raising concerns regarding an academy’s handling of complaints.
Guidance for partnerships seeking to establish a new alternative provision (AP) free school.
Technical documents for software suppliers for common transfer file (CTF) 20.
Funding to support schools facing unexpected or imminent failure to improve in areas such as leadership, governance, safeguarding, human resources and finance.
What final preparations you should complete before your school can open as an academy.
The specifications of SEN2 reports that local authorities can run in COLLECT.
Help to implement flexible working, including a toolkit of resources, webinar training and other resources.
Identify reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in your education setting and inform the Department for Education (DfE) immediately via the structural issues form.
Explains schools’ legal duties on political impartiality to help school leaders, teachers and other staff consider these in teaching and extra-curricular activities.
Assessment framework specification files for software suppliers developing management information systems (MIS).
How local authorities should submit data for the annual school preference collections.
How academies can apply for funding to help pay for costs they have incurred hearing school admission appeals between September 2024 and October 2025.
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