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How we regulate and intervene in independent schools, and details of when we take legal action against unregistered schools.
Information on the framework used to procure school and public building construction works.
Find out about Ofqual's rules for the qualifications and assessments we regulate.
Here are the 6 brilliant apprenticeship schemes you can choose from.
Information for students on funding for Higher Education Short Course Loans (HESC) for those living in England.
Information about the range of support available to schools and trusts to maintain, improve and use their financial and physical assets effectively.
What you need to do if you're planning to start higher education in the EU.
Prohibiting unsuitable people from managing independent schools, academies and free schools or governing a local-authority-maintained school.
Guidance for school governing bodies on their role in creating their school's behaviour policy.
Answers to the questions most commonly asked by licence applicants and licence holders about the changes that we are making.
Guidance for public sector early years settings and local authorities on the early years National Insurance contributions and teachers’ pay grant (EY NTPG) for financial year 2025 to 2026.
Guidance for responsible bodies on how to select and appoint structural engineers.
Information for accredited initial teacher training (ITT) providers, lead partners and schools on offering the teacher degree apprenticeship (TDA).
Statutory guidance setting out the arrangements for the constitution of governing bodies of all local-authority-maintained schools.
Guidance for schools and local authorities on funding for the free breakfast clubs programme rolled out from April 2026
Guidance for inspectors on inspecting separation by sex in schools and the teaching of protected characteristics and relationships and sex education (RSE).
Information for providers and employers about the employer support fund (ESF) for the 2025 to 2026 financial year.
Subject content and assessment objectives for GCSEs in English language and English literature.
Specifications for software suppliers developing school summary reports for the school censuses in autumn 2025, spring 2026 and summer 2026.
Information about support for apprentices who have been redundant or are at risk of redundancy.
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