Guidance and regulation

Statutory guidance on multi-agency working to help, protect and promote the welfare of children.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 23 February 2024

Statutory guidance for schools and colleges on safeguarding children and safer recruitment.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 1 September 2023

How schools can prohibit the use of mobile phones throughout the school day.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 19 February 2024

Guidance on the suspension and permanent exclusion of pupils from local-authority-maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 1 September 2023

Guidance for schools, academy trusts, governing bodies and local authorities on maintaining high levels of school attendance, including roles and responsibilities.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 7 March 2024

How school staff can develop a behaviour policy.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 19 February 2024

Apply for a grant to train a senior mental health lead to develop your school or college's approach to mental health and wellbeing.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 5 April 2024

Statutory guidance about the support that pupils with medical conditions should receive at school.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 16 August 2017

Statutory guidance for local authorities, as well as headteachers and governing bodies of settings providing alternative provision.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 27 June 2016

Summary of responsibilities where a mental health issue is affecting attendance and examples of effective practice.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 7 February 2023

Find out how to report any concerns you have about a learner who you think may be susceptible to radicalisation into terrorism.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 7 September 2023

How Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will conduct thematic visits to local areas to look at preparation for adulthood arrangements.

• From: Care Quality Commission and 1 others
• Updated: 8 February 2024

Statutory guidance for local authorities and advice for other groups on helping children who are missing education get back into it.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 5 September 2016

Support for those working in education settings with safeguarding responsibilities.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 7 September 2023

Guidance to help practitioners identify the signs of child abuse and neglect and understand what action to take.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 26 March 2015

Guidance on the 8 principles of a whole school or college approach to promoting mental health and wellbeing.

• From: Department for Education and 1 others
• Updated: 16 November 2023

Guidance explaining the powers schools have to screen and search pupils, and to confiscate items they find.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 19 July 2023

Statutory guidance for schools about employing staff who have been disqualified from providing childcare.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 31 August 2018

How schools can support pupils whose mental health problems manifest themselves in behaviour.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 12 November 2018

Guidance about the use of physical restraint in schools for governing bodies, headteachers and school staff.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 17 July 2013