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Guidance on how to access your school attendance data through the Monitor your school attendance tool.
Expecting your first student finance payment? We’ve got you covered!
Professional development courses for teachers and leaders to develop skills, progress careers and improve school outcomes.
Find resources to help you develop a whole school or college approach to mental health and wellbeing.
Guidance for schools and local authorities about providing school meals including information on free school meal eligibility.
Ofsted guidance on inspecting maintained schools and academies in England under the education inspection framework.
Guidance for students on how to update your personal, uni, college and course details using your online student finance account.
Our appeals procedure was updated on 31 March 2023. Any new appeals received from 1 April 2023 will follow our new process. Customers should read the guidance on this page to find out how to make an appeal in relation to the…
Optional English grammar, punctuation and spelling test materials used in 2024.
This guidance applies to the first round of the targeted retention incentive for FE teachers, which closed on 31 March 2025.
Check if a new employee can work with children while you wait for Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.
Published allocations and conditions of grant for the 2025 to 2026 financial year
Statutory guidance on relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education.
Find out how interest is calculated and applied if you have a Plan 2 student loan, as well as previous interest rates.
How schools and colleges can meet IT service and digital equipment standards.
Statutory guidance that schools must follow when carrying out duties relating to school admissions.
Statutory guidance for assessing and reporting the national curriculum at key stage 2 (KS2).
Scaled score conversion tables for schools to use for the optional 2024 national curriculum tests.
Statutory guidance for local authorities, as well as headteachers and governing bodies of settings providing alternative provision.
Scoring guidance, pupils' materials and answer sheet for the 2022 phonics screening check.
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