Running a further or higher education institution

Register as a training organisations, set up a school partnership, support for FE and sixth-form colleges, guidance on the Teaching Excellence Framework and inspecting further education and skills.

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Guidance and regulation

• Apply to the APAR as an apprenticeship training provider
  • Detailed guide
  • 30 August 2024
  • Department for Education
• Emergency planning and response for education, childcare, and children’s social care settings
  • Guidance
  • 10 May 2023
  • Department for Education
• First aid in schools, early years and colleges
  • Guidance
  • 14 February 2022
  • Department for Education
• Higher education tuition fees for foundation years
  • Guidance
  • 4 November 2024
  • Department for Education
• Protective security and preparedness for education settings
  • Guidance
  • 29 April 2024
  • Department for Education

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News and communications

• £7 million to tackle antisemitism in education confirmed
  • 7 October 2024
  • Department for Education
  • Press release
• Letter to accounting officers: 29 May 2024
  • 29 May 2024
  • Education and Skills Funding Agency
  • Correspondence
• Minister Halfon address at UCAS Admissions Conference 2023
  • 24 May 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Speech
• Dedicated government team to protect researchers' work from hostile activity
  • 25 May 2021
  • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Press release
• Universities to comply with free speech duties or face sanctions
  • 12 May 2021
  • Department for Education and Office for Students
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Higher education reform consultation analysis: research report
  • 17 July 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• School and college staff wellbeing: report
  • 26 November 2020
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Assistive technology (AT) stakeholder reports
  • 24 November 2020
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• College staff survey: 2018
  • 16 September 2020
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Higher education staff salaries: 2017 to 18
  • 28 January 2020
  • Department for Education
  • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Further education residential accommodation standards consultation
  • 9 February 2024
  • Department for Education
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 05 April 2024
• Higher education policy statement and reform
  • 2 October 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 07 May 2022
• Implementing a new FE funding and accountability system
  • 13 July 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 13 October 2022
• Higher Education and Research Act 2017: post-legislative scrutiny
  • 15 December 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Policy paper
• Further education reclassification
  • 29 November 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Higher education staff salaries: 2017 to 18
  • 28 January 2020
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Department for Education
• Further Education Commissioner
• Education & Skills Funding Agency
• Department of Health & Social Care

• Ofsted

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• Ofqual