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How local authority-maintained schools and maintained nurseries can set up or review their complaints procedures.
The standards set out practices and processes required to effectively manage the school estate.
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.
How educational and childcare settings should plan for and deal with emergencies, including significant public health incidents and severe weather.
Guide for schools and local authorities on unique pupil numbers (UPNs) and a tool for generating them.
Statutory guidance setting out the arrangements for the constitution of governing bodies of all local-authority-maintained schools.
Guidance to help schools and colleges manage their security effectively so they can meet their obligations.
Find out the requirements for the registration of independent schools, also known as private schools.
This Building Bulletin provides guidance on ventilation, thermal comfort and indoor air quality in schools
Technical specification and validation rules for submitting 2025 to 2026 school census data.
Building Bulletin 93 (BB93) explains minimum performance standards for the acoustics of school buildings.
Guidance for managing staff and employment issues.
Find out about the programme to upgrade wifi networks in schools and who can take part.
Specifications for software suppliers developing school summary reports for the school censuses in autumn 2025, spring 2026 and summer 2026.
Guidance for school governing bodies on their role in creating their school's behaviour policy.
Guidance to help schools set out their policies on charging for school activities and visits.
Understand how to follow safeguarding procedures when planning remote education strategies and teaching remotely.
Statutory guidance on the responsibilities of local authorities and regional directors relating to schools and pupil referral units that require support or intervention.
Guidance to help schools and local authorities understand their obligations in relation to the School Premises Regulations 2012.
How schools and local authorities should securely send pupil records and other information using the school to school (S2S) system.
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