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How maintained schools can apply to convert to academy status.
Demonstrating the application of the Department for Education's employer's requirements for a 6 form entry secondary school with a 225-place sixth form.
Guidance on copyright licences and how copyright affects schools.
Early career teacher entitlement (ECTE) eligibility criteria and DfE grant funding for schools, early career teachers and mentors.
Subject content and assessment objectives for GCSE in mathematics.
Guide for schools and local authorities on unique pupil numbers (UPNs) and a tool for generating them.
Find out when you'll need to submit data to us.
Guidance on the role of the Department for Education in making commissioning decisions about academy trusts.
Functional Skills subject content at Entry Levels 1 to 3 and Levels 1 and 2.
Identify the steps you need to take to buy goods and services for your school and stay compliant.
Information to help schools increase access to PE, physical activity and extra-curricular school sport, including examples of good practice.
A template to support schools to publish a summary of their music development plan on their website.
Statutory guidance for local authorities and their partners to stop children going missing and to protect those who do.
Guide for local authorities completing returns for the person level 2026 and 2027 special educational needs survey, commonly known as person level SEN2.
Guidance to help admission authorities advise those involved with school admission appeals to understand their roles and responsibilities.
The process independent special providers need to follow to be considered for entry onto the list of approved institutions.
Information for academy trusts and their auditors on how to complete an academies accounts return.
Apply to become a Wave 2 Technical Excellence College in Defence, Clean Energy, Digital and Technologies or Advanced Manufacturing.
The information that schools must provide to the Department for Education (DfE).
How further education (FE) providers can apply for and manage bursary funding for the 2026 to 2027 academic year.
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