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Get support with teacher training and professional development from school-led centres of excellence.
How local authorities should report data for the annual special educational needs survey, commonly known as SEN2.
How maintained schools can apply to convert to academy status.
Tools and templates to help identify the internal spaces needed in mainstream schools and colleges.
How schools can maintain their capability to provide remote education when it is not possible for some or all of their pupils to attend in person.
Guidance on supervising the activities of workers and volunteers with children.
How we regulate and intervene in independent schools, and details of when we take legal action against unregistered schools.
How to apply for access to personal data from DfE and its executive agencies.
Information on the framework used to procure school and public building construction works.
Find out about the net capacity assessment (NCA) programme, when school site visits will take place and how to read your NCA report.
How schools and local authorities access and use the S2S secure data transfer system.
What pupil referral units (PRUs) interested in becoming alternative provision (AP) academies should do.
Statutory guidance for proposers and decision makers about opening, closing or making organisation changes to local-authority-maintained schools.
How local authorities can share aggregate data on children who receive elective home education (EHE) and those children missing education (CME).
Supporting guidance for local authorities submitting the elective home education and children missing education 2025 to 2026 academic year data collections.
How to create an academies complaints procedure that complies with the Education (Independent School Standards) (England) Regulations 2014.
How to prepare for your school's application to convert to an academy.
What actions to take following approval of your academy conversion application.
Guidance for local authorities and schools dealing with adults who have legal rights and responsibilities for a child.
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