Archived government news
July 2024
Transparency data: Accredited initial teacher training (ITT) providers Monday, 01 July 2024
Guidance: Apply to open a special free school Monday, 01 July 2024
June 2024
Guidance: Alternative provision census: technical specification Friday, 28 June 2024
Guidance: Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE): course directory Friday, 28 June 2024
Find a school census code: applicable from August 2024 Thursday, 27 June 2024
Complete the school census Thursday, 27 June 2024
Find a school census code: applicable until August 2024 Thursday, 27 June 2024
Guidance: Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE): course directory Thursday, 27 June 2024
Official Statistics: Student loan forecasts, England: 2023 to 2024 Thursday, 27 June 2024
Official Statistics: Local authority school places scorecards 2023 Thursday, 27 June 2024
Official Statistics: Pupil attendance in schools Thursday, 27 June 2024
Official Statistics: Graduate labour market statistics: 2023 Thursday, 27 June 2024
Guidance: School census autumn 2024 to summer 2025: school summary report Wednesday, 26 June 2024
Guidance: Local skills improvement plans (LSIPs): implementation and review Wednesday, 26 June 2024
Guidance: School census 2024 to 2025: technical information Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Guidance: Children’s social work workforce: guide Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Guidance: School workforce census 2024: technical information Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Guidance: Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE): course directory Friday, 21 June 2024
Guidance: Apply for a childminder start-up grant Friday, 21 June 2024
Guidance: Levelling up premium payments for FE teachers Thursday, 20 June 2024
Accredited official statistics: Special educational needs in England: Janua… Thursday, 20 June 2024
Official Statistics: LEO data on graduate and postgraduate outcomes: 2021 t… Thursday, 20 June 2024
Guidance: Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE): course directory Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Guidance: Subcontracting funding rules for post-16 education and training Tuesday, 18 June 2024
Guidance: Subcontracting post-16 education and training for the first time Tuesday, 18 June 2024
Guidance: Request approval to subcontract your whole 16 to 19 programme Tuesday, 18 June 2024
Guidance: Request approval to subcontract 16 to 19 distance learning Tuesday, 18 June 2024
Guidance: Request a subcontracting threshold exemption Tuesday, 18 June 2024
Guidance: Apprenticeship funding rules Monday, 17 June 2024
Official Statistics: Secondary and primary school applications and offers: … Thursday, 13 June 2024
Official Statistics: Pupil attendance in schools Thursday, 13 June 2024
Accredited official statistics: Education, health and care plans: England 2… Thursday, 13 June 2024
Official Statistics: Apprenticeships: June 2024 Thursday, 13 June 2024
Guidance: Funding for national professional qualifications (NPQs) Wednesday, 12 June 2024
Guidance: Flexi-job apprenticeships using an approved agency Monday, 10 June 2024
Guidance: Apprenticeship training provider accountability framework Thursday, 06 June 2024
National Statistics: School workforce in England: November 2023 Thursday, 06 June 2024
Transparency data: Median teacher pay using teacher pension scheme data Thursday, 06 June 2024
National Statistics: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 202… Thursday, 06 June 2024
Transparency data: DfE external data shares Thursday, 06 June 2024
National Statistics: School workforce in England: November 2023 Wednesday, 05 June 2024
Guidance: Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE): course directory Wednesday, 05 June 2024
Guidance: Qualification achievement rates 2023 to 2024 Tuesday, 04 June 2024
May 2024
Guidance: Department for Education non-executive appointments Friday, 31 May 2024
Guidance: Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE): course directory Friday, 31 May 2024
Policy paper: Education Sector Advisory Group minutes Friday, 31 May 2024
Check your data Friday, 31 May 2024
Changes for 2023 to 2024 Friday, 31 May 2024
Census dates Friday, 31 May 2024
Find a school census code: applicable from August 2024 Friday, 31 May 2024
Guidance: Period products in schools and colleges Thursday, 30 May 2024
Official Statistics: Further education workforce in England 2022 to 2023 Thursday, 30 May 2024
Official Statistics: Pupil attendance in schools Thursday, 30 May 2024
Statutory guidance: Keeping children safe in education Friday, 24 May 2024
Form: Secretary of State direction to admit a child to an academy Friday, 24 May 2024
Ofqual Chief Regulator preferred candidate Friday, 24 May 2024
Guidance: Department for Education non-executive appointments Friday, 24 May 2024
Decision: FE Commissioner intervention report: The Cornwall College Group Friday, 24 May 2024
Correspondence: Closed financial health notice to improve: The Cornwall Col… Friday, 24 May 2024
Transparency data: iQTS providers: inspection reports Friday, 24 May 2024
Correspondence: Notice to improve: Weston College of Further and Higher Edu… Friday, 24 May 2024
Form: Net capacity assessment tool Friday, 24 May 2024
Guidance: Net Capacity Assessment (NCA) programme Friday, 24 May 2024
Guidance: Free early years provision and childcare: model agreement Friday, 24 May 2024
Guidance: Senior mental health lead training Thursday, 23 May 2024
Guidance: Department for Education non-executive appointments Thursday, 23 May 2024
Official Statistics: Serious incident notifications: 2023 to 2024 Thursday, 23 May 2024
Official Statistics: LEO graduate outcomes provider level data: 2021 to 202… Thursday, 23 May 2024
New measures to tackle student visa abuse Wednesday, 22 May 2024
Transparency data: Pupil Premium Plus post-16 programme: grant determinatio… Wednesday, 22 May 2024
Guidance: Apply to open a special free school Wednesday, 22 May 2024
Guidance: School census autumn 2023 to summer 2024: school summary report Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Closed consultation: Our plan to improve the lives of people with ME/CFS (e… Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Closed consultation: Improving the experiences of people with ME/CFS: inter… Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Statistics: Department for Education – Statistics at DfE Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Guidance: Oak National Academy independent review: terms of reference Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Guidance: Virtual school heads: section 31 grant determination letters Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Guidance: How to register and use the apprenticeship service as an employer Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Guidance: Higher technical education skills injection fund 3 Monday, 20 May 2024
Meeting digital and technology standards in schools and colleges Monday, 20 May 2024
Cyber security standards for schools and colleges Monday, 20 May 2024
Speech: Education Secretary speech at Education World Forum 2024 Monday, 20 May 2024
Transparency data: New school proposals Monday, 20 May 2024
Guidance: Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE): course directory Monday, 20 May 2024
Guidance: Sustainability leadership and climate action plans in education Monday, 20 May 2024
Open consultation: GCSE computer science subject content update Monday, 20 May 2024
Decision: Revised direction issued to North East Lincolnshire Council: May … Friday, 17 May 2024
Decision: Revised direction issued to North East Lincolnshire Council: June… Friday, 17 May 2024
Research: SEND futures longitudinal study - discovery phase Friday, 17 May 2024
Guidance: Finding an end-point assessment organisation Friday, 17 May 2024
Guidance: Share your daily school attendance data Friday, 17 May 2024
Qualification-type funding approval criteria: alternative academic qualific… Friday, 17 May 2024
Qualifications funding approval manual: from August 2025 Friday, 17 May 2024
How to get funding approval Friday, 17 May 2024
Guidance: National Tutoring Programme: guidance for schools – academic year… Thursday, 16 May 2024
Transparency data: Special free schools: local authority applications for w… Thursday, 16 May 2024
Guidance: Apply to open a special free school Thursday, 16 May 2024
Transparency data: Accredited initial teacher training (ITT) providers Thursday, 16 May 2024
Guidance: Promoting and supporting mental health and wellbeing in schools a… Thursday, 16 May 2024
Transparency data: Level 3 qualifications in scope for funding approval wit… Thursday, 16 May 2024
Transparency data: British schools overseas: inspection reports for accredi… Thursday, 16 May 2024
Open consultation: Review of the RSHE statutory guidance Thursday, 16 May 2024
Official Statistics: National Tutoring Programme 2023 to 2024 Thursday, 16 May 2024
Guidance: Tutoring in education settings Thursday, 16 May 2024
National Statistics: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2023 Thursday, 16 May 2024
National Statistics: Children accommodated in secure children's homes: 31 M… Thursday, 16 May 2024
Official Statistics: Pupil attendance in schools Thursday, 16 May 2024
Official Statistics: National Tutoring Programme 2022 to 2023 Thursday, 16 May 2024
Press release: Age limits introduced to protect children in RSHE Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Guidance: Choosing a school management information system (MIS) Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Guidance: Apprenticeship funding rules Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Guidance: Offer a trainee teacher placement Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Guidance: What maintained schools must or should publish online Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Guidance: What academies and further education colleges must or should publ… Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Guidance: School music development plan: summary template Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Transparency data: Free schools and UTCs: successful applications Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Transparency data: Child safeguarding practice review panel: pool of review… Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Transparency data: British schools overseas: inspection reports for accredi… Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Transparency data: iQTS providers: inspection reports Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Guidance: School capital funding Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Guidance: Early years financial incentives pilot: S31 grant information and… Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Guidance: Senior mental health lead training Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Transparency data: Transforming children and young people’s mental health p… Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Guidance: Free courses for jobs Monday, 13 May 2024
Guidance: Agency child and family social workers: data return and price cap… Monday, 13 May 2024
Policy paper: School rebuilding programme Monday, 13 May 2024
Transparency data: School rebuilding programme: schools in the programme Monday, 13 May 2024
Guidance: Establishing a new academy: free school presumption Monday, 13 May 2024
Guidance: Apply to open a special free school Monday, 13 May 2024
Guidance: Multiply local allocations: quarterly progress report Monday, 13 May 2024
Press release: Childcare applications for parents of 9-month-olds now open Saturday, 11 May 2024
Transparency data: Privacy notice: skills and training programme employer c… Friday, 10 May 2024
Data items Friday, 10 May 2024
Submitting and checking a return Friday, 10 May 2024
Changes from the previous AP census Friday, 10 May 2024
Which pupils to include Friday, 10 May 2024
Press release: England's World Leading Attendance Drive Continues Friday, 10 May 2024
Guidance: Childminder agencies: list of agencies Friday, 10 May 2024
Policy paper: Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE): overview Friday, 10 May 2024
Transparency data: Families first for children pathfinder: grant determinat… Thursday, 09 May 2024
Guidance: Higher education tuition fees for foundation years Thursday, 09 May 2024
Guidance: Phonics screening check data collection: guide Thursday, 09 May 2024
Guidance: Academies: making significant changes or closure by agreement Thursday, 09 May 2024
Transparency data: Independent schools: warning notices and enforcement let… Thursday, 09 May 2024
Guidance: College oversight: support and intervention Thursday, 09 May 2024
Transparency data: Higher education providers with T Levels in entry requir… Thursday, 09 May 2024
Policy paper: Shipbuilding skills in the UK Thursday, 09 May 2024
Consultation outcome: Understanding the use of unregistered alternative pro… Thursday, 09 May 2024
Open consultation: Strengthening protections in unregistered alternative pr… Thursday, 09 May 2024
Official Statistics: Destinations of key stage 4 and 5 students: 2022 Thursday, 09 May 2024
Official Statistics: Apprenticeships: May 2024 Thursday, 09 May 2024
Guidance: Apply to open a special free school in Cambridgeshire, Kent, Mert… Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Press release: Government expands support for pupils with SEND Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Transparency data: Special free schools: local authority applications for w… Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Guidance: Early years census: technical specification Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Guidance: Initial teacher training reform funding guidance Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Guidance: Education staff wellbeing charter Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Guidance: School reports on pupil performance: guide for headteachers Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Guidance: Find, join or create a network for school business professionals Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Transparency data: Privacy information: stakeholders Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Statistics: Department for Education – Statistics at DfE Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Guidance: Further education: initial teacher education Tuesday, 07 May 2024
Guidance: Common transfer file 24: specification Friday, 03 May 2024
Guidance: Common basic data set (CBDS): database Friday, 03 May 2024
Notice: Notice to improve: Liberty Academy Trust LTD. Friday, 03 May 2024
Notice: Notice to improve: Mowbray Education Trust Limited Friday, 03 May 2024
Check your data Friday, 03 May 2024
Complete the school census Friday, 03 May 2024
Data items Friday, 03 May 2024
Early years census Friday, 03 May 2024
Transparency data: Privacy information: children and young people under 18 Friday, 03 May 2024
Guidance: Joint housing protocols for care leavers Friday, 03 May 2024
Transparency data: Advisory board meetings schedule and preparation templat… Friday, 03 May 2024
Guidance: Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE): course directory Friday, 03 May 2024
Guidance: Applying to be on the approved list of independent special instit… Friday, 03 May 2024
Transparency data: Privacy information: education providers’ workforce, inc… Thursday, 02 May 2024
Guidance: Early years education recovery programme Thursday, 02 May 2024
Transparency data: Privacy information: early years foundation stage to key… Thursday, 02 May 2024
Official Statistics: Pupil attendance in schools Thursday, 02 May 2024
Transparency data: Privacy information: members of the public Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Guidance: National Careers Service community-based contracts funding rules Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Transparency data: Privacy information: parents, carers and legal guardians Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Transparency data: DfE monthly workforce management information: 2023 to 20… Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Guidance: Information sharing advice for safeguarding practitioners Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Decision: Improvement notice issued to London Borough of Bexley: May 2024 Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Guidance: School capacity survey: guide for local authorities Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Transparency data: Privacy information: key stage 4 and 5 and adult educati… Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Transparency data: Open academies, free schools, studio schools and UTCs Wednesday, 01 May 2024
April 2024
Press release: Government To Lift Cap on Faith School Places Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Open consultation: Faith school designation reforms Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Guidance: Children’s social work workforce: guide Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Guidance: International relocation payments: guidance for ITT providers Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Transparency data: Privacy information: local authority employees Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Guidance: School census 2023 to 2024: technical information Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Transparency data: Department for Education major projects: accounting offi… Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Guidance: Apply for qualified teacher status (QTS) if you teach outside the… Monday, 29 April 2024
Guidance: School uniforms: guidance for schools Monday, 29 April 2024
Guidance: Further education corporations and sixth-form college corporation… Monday, 29 April 2024
Guidance: Taking Teaching Further programme Monday, 29 April 2024
Guidance: Lifelong Learning Entitlement: tuition fee limits Monday, 29 April 2024
Transparency data: DfE senior management meetings Monday, 29 April 2024
Guidance: Manage School Experience service: information for schools Monday, 29 April 2024
Guidance: Protective security and preparedness for education settings Monday, 29 April 2024
Guidance: Protective security and preparedness for education settings Sunday, 28 April 2024
Transparency data: Independent special schools and post-16 institutions Friday, 26 April 2024
Guidance: Phonics screening check data collection: guide to submitting data Friday, 26 April 2024
Guidance: Phonics screening data collection: technical specification Friday, 26 April 2024
Correspondence: Notice to improve: Newham Sixth Form College Friday, 26 April 2024
Decision: FE Commissioner intervention: City of Wolverhampton College Friday, 26 April 2024
Guidance: Guide to post-16 qualifications at level 3 and below in England Thursday, 25 April 2024
Research: Evaluation of virtual school heads (VSHs) Thursday, 25 April 2024
Guidance: Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete: guidance for responsible … Thursday, 25 April 2024
Guidance: Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete: identification guidance Thursday, 25 April 2024
Guidance: Managing older school buildings Thursday, 25 April 2024
Health and safety Thursday, 25 April 2024
Understanding and managing your land and buildings Thursday, 25 April 2024
Policy paper: DfE counter-fraud policy Thursday, 25 April 2024
Guidance: School workforce census: guide to submitting data Thursday, 25 April 2024
Guidance: School workforce census 2024: technical information Thursday, 25 April 2024
Transparency data: Teachers’ pension scheme payments: 2023 to 2024 Thursday, 25 April 2024
Transparency data: Department for Education commercial pipeline data: 2024 … Thursday, 25 April 2024
Transparency data: DfE and executive agency spend over £25,000: 2023 to 202… Thursday, 25 April 2024
Guidance: Co-ordinated admissions 2025: series 21 files Thursday, 25 April 2024
Guidance: Key stage 4 qualifications, discount codes and point scores Thursday, 25 April 2024
Research: Future skills projections and analysis Thursday, 25 April 2024
Guidance: Basic need allocations Thursday, 25 April 2024
Call for evidence outcome: ITT core content framework and early career fram… Thursday, 25 April 2024
Research: National behaviour survey reports Thursday, 25 April 2024
Research: Pupil behaviour survey: pilot study Thursday, 25 April 2024
National Statistics: Level 2 and 3 attainment by young people aged 16 to 25… Thursday, 25 April 2024
Policy paper: T Level action plan Thursday, 25 April 2024
Guidance: Mandatory qualification for SENCOs Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Guidance: Alternative provision census 2025: technical specification Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Guidance: Department for Education non-executive appointments Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Guidance: School census 2024 to 2025: technical information Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Transparency data: British schools overseas: inspection reports for accredi… Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Press release: Teachers to get up to £6000 extra to teach vital subjects Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Guidance: Levelling up premium payments for school teachers Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Guidance: Levelling up premium payments for FE teachers Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Decision: FE Commissioner intervention: Strode College 2024 Monday, 22 April 2024
Guidance: Academies: making significant changes or closure by agreement Monday, 22 April 2024
Open consultation: Experience-based route for early years practitioners Monday, 22 April 2024
Open consultation: Early years foundation stage (EYFS) safeguarding Monday, 22 April 2024
Transparency data: Early years entitlements expansion: MI data Monday, 22 April 2024
Guidance: Transferring your apprenticeship levy to another business Monday, 22 April 2024
Guidance: Children looked after return 2024 to 2025: technical specificatio… Friday, 19 April 2024
Guidance: Children looked after return 2024 to 2025: guide Friday, 19 April 2024
Guidance: Develop and use data analytics tools in children's social care Friday, 19 April 2024
Guidance: Information sharing advice for safeguarding practitioners Friday, 19 April 2024
Research: The impact of childcare reforms on childcare and early years prov… Friday, 19 April 2024