News and communications

Next phase of DfE’s world-leading attendance drive will provide new data for schools to help them spot trends in children’s attendance for earlier intervention.

• Updated: 10 May 2024

Schools will receive new guidance on prohibiting mobile phone use during the school day.

• Updated: 19 February 2024

New guidance from Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for visits looking at how children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are being prepared for adulthood.

• Updated: 8 February 2024

Attendance hubs to more than double to support 1,000 more schools and £15 million investment to expand the attendance mentor pilot programme.

• Updated: 8 January 2024

Mobile phone use to be banned during the school day, including at break times, new guidance recommends.

• Updated: 2 October 2023

Government announces four new attendance hubs, widening the support to a total of 400,000 pupils.

• Updated: 28 September 2023

A letter from the Chief Medical Officer and leading health professionals to schools about mild illness, attendance, and information for parents and carers.

• Updated: 5 September 2023

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan addressed the Local Government Association.

• Updated: 5 July 2023

A letter from the Minister for Women and Equalities, Kemi Badenoch, to the Ofsted Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, Thursday 22 June 2023.

• Updated: 23 June 2023

How St Benedict’s Catholic High School used the Behaviour Hubs programme to develop a consistent behaviour policy, standards and expectations.

• Updated: 5 June 2023

How Forest Academy used the Behaviour Hubs programme to change perceptions of misbehaviour and respond to pupils' complex needs.

• Updated: 5 June 2023

To mark the Coronation all state funded primary schools will be sent wildflower seeds, inspired by His Majesty The King’s love of nature.

• Updated: 19 May 2023

Government announces £15 million to help young people in disadvantaged areas to learn outside and experience nature

• Updated: 18 May 2023

Schools and multi-academy trusts (MATs) share their different techniques for improving attendance rates in their settings.

• Updated: 19 April 2023

New standard for school sports will see girls and boys offered the same sports

• Updated: 8 March 2023

Plan for better, fairer access to high quality special educational needs and disabilities support.

• Updated: 2 March 2023

His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, writes to Sophie Langdale and Frances Oram, Directors of Children’s Social Care at the DfE, about regulating supported accommodation.

• Updated: 26 January 2023

All state-funded schools in England currently without a defibrillator to receive one by the end of the academic year.

• Updated: 20 January 2023

Primary school pupils to benefit from careers support and change to law will give more young people access to advice about technical education

• Updated: 5 January 2023

New Ofsted research, published today, finds a lack of access to specialist help means more primary school children with additional needs are being referred to alternative provision (AP).

• Updated: 8 November 2022