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Recommendations on future reforms to the current NLE programme.
The Future Leaders programme develops senior leaders to become headteachers in challenging schools.
Guidance for academies and academy trusts on record keeping and retention.
Guide for parents and carers about raising concerns regarding an academy’s handling of complaints.
What to do if a laptop or tablet you’ve received from a DfE programme is not working.
Statutory guidance for local authorities, under paragraph A19 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
What governors of foundation, voluntary aided, voluntary controlled and academy schools need to know about being charity trustees.
Files for the electronic transfer of 2026 co-ordinated admissions data, primarily for use by software suppliers.
Guidance and templates to help free schools write their admission and referral policies.
Information to support local authorities interested in setting up a multi-academy trust as part of a test and learn exercise in 2022 to 2023.
Outline of the design approach taken to various aspects of the baseline designs
Finger-block baseline designs for a 600 place 11 to 16 secondary school.
Guide for local authorities to help them complete and return the 2025 phonics screening check data collection.
Guide for local authorities to help them complete and return the school admission appeals data collection 2025.
Guidance on the DfE funding available to academy trusts for sponsored academy projects.
How state-funded schools can set up or join a cadet unit.
Business and technical specification for local authorities and software suppliers to prepare for the alternative provision census 2026.
Finger-block baseline designs for a 1,200 place 11 to 16 secondary school with an academic specialism.
Finger-block baseline designs for a 1,120 place 11 to 16 secondary school.
Guide for all local authorities to help them complete and return the school exclusion reviews data collection 2025.
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