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Information and forms for academy trust chairs of trustees to apply for a suitability check, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
The processes proposer groups will need to follow and the resources they can use to open successfully.
Guidance to help schools meet their obligations under the Non-Maintained Special Schools (England) Regulations 2015.
What responsibilities you should transfer to your academy trust as part of your school's conversion to academy status.
Explains schools’ legal duties on political impartiality to help school leaders, teachers and other staff consider these in teaching and extra-curricular activities.
Technical specification and validation rules describing the requirements for the school-level annual school census (SLASC).
Local authorities who have successfully applied for the CSC private dashboard early adopter scheme, and the grant determination letter sent to them.
Advice for building professionals involved in school building projects.
Model document to help community and church schools converting to academy status transfer their school's land to the academy trust.
Supporting guidance for local authorities submitting the elective home education and children missing education 2025 to 2026 academic year data collections.
Guidance on what to do when school staff go on strike.
Guidance for school governing boards on the board’s role and responsibilities supporting pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities.
Practical advice for teachers, technicians and other staff who buy, store or dispose of hazardous chemicals.
Funding to support schools facing unexpected or imminent failure to improve in areas such as leadership, governance, safeguarding, human resources and finance.
Funding for local authorities to spend on home-to-school travel for children from low-income families from 2021 to 2025.
What mixed schools must consider when separating classes by gender.
How eligible schools can claim money to support them as they convert to academies, and declare what portion of the grant they have spent.
Guidance for schools, sixth-form colleges, 16 to 19 academies and further education institutions wishing to use automated biometric recognition systems.
Identify reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in your education setting and inform the Department for Education (DfE) immediately via the structural issues form.
Compare FMS providers so your academy trust can choose a system that will enable you to automate your financial returns to the Department for Education.
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