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The Department for Education's approach to supporting and regulating academy trusts.
Assessment framework specification files for software suppliers developing management information systems (MIS).
Formal agreements between the Department for Education (DfE), the Church of England and the Catholic Church.
Guide for parents and carers about raising concerns regarding an academy’s handling of complaints.
Guidance on the DfE funding available to academy trusts for sponsored academy projects.
Guidance for responsible bodies and education settings with confirmed reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in their buildings.
Use destinations data and destination measures to provide careers guidance and improve outcomes for young people in schools.
Guidance for schools and local authorities on what happens if a school has a budget surplus or deficit when it converts to academy status.
Technical documents for software suppliers for common transfer file (CTF) 24.
What final preparations you should complete before your school can open as an academy.
What mixed schools must consider when separating classes by gender.
Helping school governors get the best value from non-staff spend and understand the legal requirements for procurement.
Advice and application form for sixth-form colleges considering becoming a 16 to 19 academy.
Statutory guidance setting out the arrangements for the collaboration of governing bodies in maintained schools in England.
Guide for local authorities completing the school preference data collections 2026.
Guidance on how to create, run and dissolve a federation.
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.
Ready reckoners to calculate progress scores for pupils and schools, and key stage 2 transition matrices by key stage 1 prior attainment.
Guidance for academies and academy trusts on record keeping and retention.
Advice for dioceses about how to apply for an order under section 554 of the Education Act 1996.
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