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Deadlines for schools converting to academy status.
How to prepare for your school's application to convert to an academy.
How schools can get value for money, avoid fees and find local agencies who complete thorough background and safeguarding checks.
Guidance for special schools providing residential accommodation for any child.
Funding for local authorities to spend on home-to-school travel for children from low-income families from 2021 to 2025.
The processes proposer groups will need to follow and the resources they can use to open successfully.
Information and forms for academy trust chairs of trustees to apply for a suitability check, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Guidance on establishing new schools through the free school presumption route, and the qualities new school proposers must demonstrate.
What pupil referral units (PRUs) interested in becoming alternative provision (AP) academies should do.
How local authorities can share aggregate data on children who receive elective home education (EHE) and those children missing education (CME).
How to arrange an effective external review of governance for your school or academy trust, and improve the performance of your board.
Guidance for schools, sixth-form colleges, 16 to 19 academies and further education institutions wishing to use automated biometric recognition systems.
School ventilation design tools for use with Building Bulletin 101
Guidance to help schools meet their obligations under the Non-Maintained Special Schools (England) Regulations 2015.
The process independent special providers need to follow to be considered for entry onto the list of approved institutions.
Guidance for local authorities and school admission authorities on admissions for children born in the summer.
Identify reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in your education setting and inform the Department for Education (DfE) immediately via the structural issues form.
How local authorities should report data for the annual special educational needs survey, commonly known as SEN2.
Guidance on how to apply to access the LEO standard extract through the Office for National Statistics secure research service.
Updated non-statutory guidance for employers and staff who want to make arrangements for flexible working.
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