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Advice on when a school employee with a car driving licence may drive a minibus and when a section 19 permit might be required.
Information for local authorities, schools and colleges about high needs funding arrangements for the 2025 to 2026 financial and academic year.
The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for citizenship at key stages 3 and 4.
Guidance to support billing authorities with the national non-domestic rates (NNDR) claims payment process.
Information about academy admissions and the role of the Department for Education (DfE).
Ofsted guidance on inspecting non-association independent schools in England under the education inspection framework, which will no longer be in use from January 2026.
This framework and handbook document sets out Ofsted’s inspection principles, guidance and the main judgements that inspectors make when inspecting initial teacher education (ITE), which will no longer be in use from January…
Best-practice standards for headteachers.
Report suspected fraud or financial irregularity in academy trusts, colleges and independent training providers.
English reading test materials administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 1 in May 2023.
Statutory guidance for local authorities on their duties relating to the participation of young people in education, employment or training.
Find out about the help for Universal Credit claimants aged 16 to 24 to find a job, work-related training or an apprenticeship though the Youth Offer.
Optional English reading test materials used in May 2024.
Guidance to help schools and local authorities understand their obligations in relation to the School Premises Regulations 2012.
Guidance on copyright licences and how copyright affects schools.
Guidance on the safety expectations for using generative AI products and systems in educational settings.
Information about support for apprentices who have been redundant or are at risk of redundancy.
Answers to the questions most commonly asked by licence applicants and licence holders about the changes that we are making.
A guide to help parents and carers understand the suspension and permanent exclusion system in schools in England.
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