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How education settings should prepare for and respond to terrorism and other major incidents.
Design guide and tools for fire safety in schools.
Free support materials for school and college leaders about using AI (artificial intelligence) effectively and safely.
Guidance for parents on requesting a delayed school start for children born in the summer.
Find out about the programme to upgrade wifi networks in schools and who can take part.
How local authority-maintained schools and maintained nurseries can set up or review their complaints procedures.
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.
Guidance for academy trusts planning to make organisational changes or close an academy by mutual agreement with the Secretary of State.
Free support materials to help all staff in schools and colleges use generative AI (artificial intelligence) in education settings
Guidance for schools, sixth-form colleges, 16 to 19 academies and further education institutions wishing to use automated biometric recognition systems.
Free support materials to help all staff in schools and colleges use generative AI (artificial intelligence) safely and effectively.
Area guidance for mainstream primary and secondary school buildings and grounds.
How to make a whistleblowing disclosure about an academy or post-16 provider.
Guide for schools and local authorities on unique pupil numbers (UPNs) and a tool for generating them.
The information that schools must provide to the Department for Education (DfE).
Area guidance for SEND and alternative provision buildings and grounds.
The latest common basic data set (CBDS) and version control log for use by software suppliers developing management information systems.
Guidance to help schools set out their policies on charging for school activities and visits.
Technical specification for submitting 2026 to 2027 school census data.
Guidance for schools on writing statutory end of year reports for parents.
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