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How schools should develop their uniform policy and procure uniform supplies.
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.
Technical specification and validation rules for submitting 2025 to 2026 school census data.
How local authority-maintained schools and maintained nurseries can set up or review their complaints procedures.
Guidance for academy trusts planning to make organisational changes or close an academy by mutual agreement with the Secretary of State.
Standards and guidance on the area of school buildings and grounds, and the number of pupil places available in school buildings.
Specifications for software suppliers developing school summary reports for the school censuses in autumn 2025, spring 2026 and summer 2026.
Guidance on the standards for planning and providing food in schools.
Find out when you'll need to involve the Secretary of State for Education and which forms you'll need to submit.
Understand how to follow safeguarding procedures when planning remote education strategies and teaching remotely.
How schools can prohibit the use of mobile phones throughout the school day.
Guidance to help schools set out their policies on charging for school activities and visits.
Explains the role of schools and academy trusts in supporting parents to access wraparound childcare.
Statutory guidance setting out the arrangements for the constitution of governing bodies of all local-authority-maintained schools.
The standards set out practices and processes required to effectively manage the school estate.
Guides for schools and local authorities on submitting data for the school workforce census 2025.
Find out the requirements for the registration of independent schools, also known as private schools.
The latest common basic data set (CBDS) and version control log for use by software suppliers developing management information systems.
Request a material change to an independent school (also known as a private school) registered with the Department for Education.
Find out about the net capacity assessment (NCA) programme, when school site visits will take place and how to read your NCA report.
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