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Non-statutory guidance and case studies for schools in England wanting to increase the length of their school week, including those delivering below the minimum 32.5 hours.
How maintained schools can apply to convert to academy status.
Use this form to apply to make tier 1 significant changes to an academy.
Statutory guidance setting out the arrangements for the constitution of governing bodies of all local-authority-maintained schools.
Get support with teacher training and professional development from school-led centres of excellence.
Find out about the net capacity assessment (NCA) programme, when school site visits will take place and how to read your NCA report.
Technical specification and validation rules for submitting 2025 to 2026 school census data.
How we regulate and intervene in independent schools, and details of when we take legal action against unregistered schools.
Specification for software suppliers and local authorities preparing for the phonics screening check data collection 2026.
Technical documents for software suppliers for common transfer file (CTF) 26.
Guidance to help schools and local authorities understand their obligations in relation to the School Premises Regulations 2012.
Understand how to follow safeguarding procedures when planning remote education strategies and teaching remotely.
What schools maintained by the local authority should do when setting up their whistleblowing procedure.
Schools adjudicator decisions on opening, closing and making significant changes (prescribed alterations) to maintained schools.
Prohibiting unsuitable people from managing independent schools, academies and free schools or governing a local-authority-maintained school.
Specifications for software suppliers developing school summary reports for the school censuses in autumn 2025, spring 2026 and summer 2026.
What pupil referral units (PRUs) interested in becoming alternative provision (AP) academies should do.
Find out about the CDC2 programme and when preliminary meetings and school site visits will take place.
What actions to take following approval of your academy conversion application.
Demonstrating the application of the Department for Education’s employer's requirements for a 2 form entry primary school with a 52-place nursery.
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