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Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
All children in England between the ages of 5 and 16 are entitled to a…
Faith schools have to follow the national curriculum, but they can choose…
Free schools are funded by the government but are not run by the local…
Academies receive funding directly from the government and are run by an…
City technology colleges and ‘ the city college for the technology of the…
State boarding schools provide free education but charge fees for…
Private schools (also known as ‘independent schools’) charge fees to…
Schools to be inclusive by design, with dedicated ‘inclusion bases’ and new guidance on adaptations to improve inclusivity and accessibility.
Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs
Every school must publish a behaviour policy. It should be available on…
Headteachers can exclude your child if they misbehave in or outside…
You’ll get a letter from the school telling you what to do if you disagree…
The school may search your child if they think your child has any banned…
Demonstrating the application of the Department for Education's employer's requirements for a 6 form entry secondary school with a 225-place sixth form.
The School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) makes recommendations on the pay, professional duties and working time of school teachers in England and reports to the Secretary of State for Education and the Prime Minister. STRB is an advisory non-departmental public...
Guidance for gender questioning children is clear schools should take a careful approach when a child asks to social transition.
The schools adjudicator’s admission variation decision about Milford School
Advice for state-funded school admission authorities, independent schools, local authorities and parents.
The English national curriculum means children in different schools (at primary and secondary level) study the same subjects to similar standards - it's split into key stages with tests
The schools adjudicator’s variation decision about Ward End Primary School.
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