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  • Join an attendance hub to get support and resources to improve your approach to managing attendance and significantly reduce absence in your school.

  • The process you need to follow to apply to set up a new special free school.

  • How schools can get value for money, avoid fees and find local agencies who complete thorough background and safeguarding checks.

  • Guidance to help schools and colleges manage their security effectively so they can meet their obligations.

  • How we regulate and intervene in independent schools, and details of when we take legal action against unregistered schools.

  • Guidance on supervising the activities of workers and volunteers with children.

  • Advice on when a school employee with a car driving licence may drive a minibus and when a section 19 permit might be required.

  • Building Bulletin 93 (BB93) explains minimum performance standards for the acoustics of school buildings.

  • Explains schools’ legal duties on political impartiality to help school leaders, teachers and other staff consider these in teaching and extra-curricular activities.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Get support with teacher training and professional development from school-led centres of excellence.

  • Information on the framework used to procure school and public building construction works.

  • An appropriate MIS can have a clear impact on pupil outcomes and staff workload.

  • How maintained schools can apply to convert to academy status.

  • Guidance for school governing bodies on their role in creating their school's behaviour policy.

  • How all state-funded schools in England can get impartial help and advice from Department for Education (DfE) procurement specialists.

  • Information for schools and universities on sharing expertise and resources through collaboration.

  • How local authorities, local-authority-maintained schools, and academies should collect and submit data for the school workforce census.

  • Request a material change to an independent school (also known as a private school) registered with the Department for Education.

  • How to prepare for your school's application to convert to an academy.

  • Statutory guidance on local authorities' and regional directors' responsibilities relating to schools and PRUs causing concern.