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Guidance and templates to help free schools write their admission and referral policies.
Guidance to help school building owners and maintenance staff identify building systems and prioritise maintenance and repair of their school estate.
Advice for dioceses about how to apply for an order under section 554 of the Education Act 1996.
Guidance on the DfE funding available to academy trusts for sponsored academy projects.
Finger-block baseline designs for a 1,200 place 11 to 16 secondary school with a typical curriculum.
What mixed schools must consider when separating classes by gender.
Guidance for independent schools to help them with the 2025 school-level annual school census (SLASC).
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).
Finger-block baseline designs for a 1,850 place 11 to 18 secondary school.
Recommendations on future reforms to the current NLE programme.
Baseline design for a 210 place primary school with a 26 place nursery.
Baseline designs for a 630 place primary school.
What governors of foundation, voluntary aided, voluntary controlled and academy schools need to know about being charity trustees.
Guidance on how to create, run and dissolve a federation.
Information on the scope of, and business rationale for, the school workforce census 2024.
How state-funded schools can set up or join a cadet unit.
How local authorities should submit data for the annual school preference collections.
Files for the electronic transfer of 2026 co-ordinated admissions data, primarily for use by software suppliers.
Guidance for governors and school leaders considering becoming part of a multi-academy trust.
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