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Schools, colleges and children's services Running a school or college

From:: Department for Education, Education Funding Agency, The Charity Commission, Department for Transport, National College for Teaching and Leadership, Office of the Schools Adjudicator, and Welsh Government

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Statutory policies and guidance

Statutory policies for schools
What maintained schools must publish online
Equality Act 2010: advice for schools

Procurement for schools

Buying for schools

Planning

School organisation
Religious character designation: guide to applying
Wraparound and holiday childcare: responding to requests
Timelines for schools: mandatory and useful information
Running a school: myths and facts
Playing fields and school land: selling or change of use
Collective worship in schools
Standards for school premises
School uniform
Charging for school activities

Governance

Governance handbook
School Governance (Collaboration) Regulations 2003
School Governance (Constitution) Regulations 2007
School Governance (Federation) Regulations 2007
School governance regulations 2013
Constitution of governing bodies of maintained schools
School complaints procedures
Charities and charity trustees: school governors
Boarding schools: national minimum standards
Non-Maintained Special Schools Regulations 2015
Dealing with issues relating to parental responsibility

Admissions

School admissions code
School admissions appeals code
Schools Adjudicator: make an objection, appeal or referral
Fair access protocols in school admissions
Summer-born children: school admission
Pupil premium or service premium in school admissions
Schools admissions: applications from overseas children

Health and wellbeing

Health and safety in schools
Supporting pupils at school with medical conditions
Counselling in schools
Mental health and behaviour in schools
First aid in schools
SMSC requirements for independent schools
Standards for school food in England
Asbestos management in schools
School security

Transport

Home-to-school travel and transport
Post-16 transport to education and training
Driving school minibuses advice: schools and local authorities

Strike action

Handling strike action in schools

Intervention

Schools causing concern
Non-maintained special schools: intervention and accountability
16 to 19 education: accountability
Independent school action plans

Establishing maintained schools

Establishing new local-authority-maintained schools

Pupil data

Data protection: privacy notice model documents
Protection of children's biometric information in schools
Cloud software services: how schools should protect data

Academies

Timeline for academies: mandatory
Timeline for academies: useful
Making significant changes to an existing academy
Apply to become a multi-academy trust
Freedom of information: guide for academies
Risk protection arrangement for academy trusts
What academies, free schools and colleges should publish online
Regulation of schools and academies with exempt charity status
Church schools and academies: memoranda of understanding

Free schools and UTCs

Timeline for free schools, UTCs and studio schools: mandatory
Timeline for free schools, UTCs and studio schools: useful

Consultations

Schools that work for everyone
Ventilation, thermal comfort and indoor air quality in schools

Research and statistics

Statistics: local authority and school finance

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