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Guidance for partnerships seeking to establish a new alternative provision (AP) free school.
How eligible schools can claim money to support them as they convert to academies, and declare what portion of the grant they have spent.
Links to the apply to become an academy service for mainstream schools, the application process for special schools and PRUs, and information about notifying your local authority.
Model document to transfer contracts and staff from a school to an academy trust as part of the academy conversion process.
Technical documents for software suppliers for common transfer file (CTF) 20.
Technical documents for software suppliers for common transfer file (CTF) 24.
How to apply to open a university technical college (UTC).
How business professionals working in schools can find, join or create a network of local school business professionals.
Guidance explaining what facility time is and the Department for Education's expectations for schools managing facility time.
How school leaders can get support from other schools in their locality to improve a specific area of teaching or leadership.
Guidance on what to do when school staff go on strike.
Technical specification and validation rules for submitting 2024 to 2025 school census data.
Technical specification and validation rules for local authorities completing returns for the 2025 and 2026 special educational needs person level surveys (SEN2).
Ready reckoners to calculate progress scores for pupils and schools, and key stage 2 transition matrices by key stage 1 prior attainment.
What actions you should take in the first few months after your school opens as an academy.
Baseline design for a 105 place primary school with a 26 place nursery.
Guidance about climate-based daylight design for schools.
Information about primary and secondary school design.
Guidance for schools and local authorities on what happens if a school has a budget surplus or deficit when it converts to academy status.
Formal agreements between the Department for Education (DfE), the Church of England and the Catholic Church.
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