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Guidance on the DfE funding available to academy trusts for sponsored academy projects.
Identify and understand the core competencies of being a school business manager.
Guidance for independent schools to help them with the 2026 school-level annual school census (SLASC).
Guide for parents and carers about raising concerns regarding an academy’s handling of complaints.
Statutory guidance for local authorities, under paragraph A19 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
How we calculate the contextual GLD scores included in the ‘Compare your GLD data’ reports.
How academies can apply for funding to help pay for costs they have incurred hearing school admission appeals between September 2024 and October 2025.
The specifications of SEN2 reports that local authorities can run in COLLECT.
Guidance on collecting data for LAMSA, formerly known as the parental responsibility measures for attendance collection.
Model document to transfer contracts and staff from a school to an academy trust as part of the academy conversion process.
Guidance for responsible bodies and education settings with confirmed reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in their buildings.
Business and technical specification for local authorities and software suppliers to prepare for the alternative provision census 2026.
Compare FMS providers so your academy trust can choose a system that will enable you to automate your financial returns to the Department for Education.
Technical documents for software suppliers for common transfer file (CTF) 24.
How eligible schools can claim money to support them as they convert to academies, and declare what portion of the grant they have spent.
Ready reckoners to calculate progress scores for pupils and schools, and key stage 2 transition matrices by key stage 1 prior attainment.
Information on the scope of, and business rationale for, the school workforce census 2026.
A list of COLLECT queries and explanatory notes to help schools, academies and local authorities complete the 2016 school workforce census.
Guidance to help local authorities and education providers to understand how the Procurement Act 2023 interacts with the Children and Families Act 2014.
Advice and application form for sixth-form colleges considering becoming a 16 to 19 academy.
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