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Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs
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Find out what help you can get to develop a whole school or college approach to mental health and wellbeing.
You can be prosecuted if your child has unauthorised absence from school - truancy, help with getting your child to school, and legal action to enforce school attendance
How to request and manage school-led initial teacher training (ITT) places for School Direct.
Information on Ofsted inspections for independent schools that are not members of associations.
How all state-funded schools in England can get impartial help and advice from Department for Education (DfE) procurement specialists.
What improvement support schools and trusts can get in the 2023 to 2024 academic year.
How to object to admission arrangements and how admission authorities can apply for an in-year variation or appeal against a direction to admit a child.
Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints.
Explanation of terms used in Ofsted's official and national statistical releases.
Complain about a school - complaints process, when to complain to the Department for Education, the Education Funding Agency or Ofsted.
Bullying at school and the law - what your school and the police must do about bullying and how you should report it
School and academy governors can explore these questions to help schools manage their resources and money efficiently.
Documents about making significant changes to schools (for example, expansion), closing schools and opening new schools.
Information to help school leaders plan, develop and implement the new statutory curriculum.
This study draws on ethnographic fieldwork with a network of community-supported Islamic and Quranic schools in the state of Kano
What local authorities need to do to prepare their case in special educational needs appeals. Replaces SEND2 and SEND27 guidance.
Government to launch consultation on lifting the 50% cap alongside proposals on opening special faith-based academies.
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