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Guidance on the checks needed for workers and volunteers engaging in regulated activity with children.
Design guide and tools for fire safety in schools.
How schools can prohibit the use of mobile phones throughout the school day.
Technical specification for submitting 2026 to 2027 school census data.
How to work with the senior leadership team to develop a whole-school food policy.
How education settings should prepare for and respond to terrorism and other major incidents.
Suggested privacy notices for schools and local authorities to issue to staff, parents and pupils about data collection and data protection.
How local authority-maintained schools and maintained nurseries can set up or review their complaints procedures.
Guidance, templates and checklists to help schools and colleges manage their security effectively so they can meet their obligations.
Statutory guidance for schools and colleges on providing careers guidance.
An explanation of the education staff wellbeing charter and the benefits of using it.
Guidance for academy trusts planning to make organisational changes or close an academy by mutual agreement with the Secretary of State.
Which forms you need to complete when submitting a school land transaction proposal and when you need to involve the Secretary of State for Education.
Understand how to follow safeguarding procedures when planning remote education strategies and teaching remotely.
Guidance to help schools set out their policies on charging for school activities and visits.
How to make a whistleblowing disclosure about an academy or post-16 provider.
How educational and childcare settings should plan for and deal with emergencies, including significant public health incidents and severe weather.
How local authorities, local-authority-maintained schools, and academies should collect and submit data for the school workforce census.
Design adaptations to support an inclusive and accessible environment in mainstream education settings.
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.
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