Archived government news
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
Policy paper: Early education entitlements and funding Friday, 19 April 2024
Press release: LANDMARK CHILDCARE ROLLOUT ON TRACK Thursday, 18 April 2024
Press release: LANDMARK CHILDCARE ROLLOUT ON TRACK Thursday, 18 April 2024
Guidance: College oversight: support and intervention Thursday, 18 April 2024
Policy paper: Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE): overview Thursday, 18 April 2024
National Statistics: 16 to 18 school, college and multi-academy trust perfo… Thursday, 18 April 2024
National Statistics: A level and other 16 to 18 results: 2023 (revised) Thursday, 18 April 2024
Official Statistics: Pupil attendance in schools Thursday, 18 April 2024
National Statistics: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: sprin… Thursday, 18 April 2024
National Statistics: Outcomes for children in need, including children look… Thursday, 18 April 2024
Guidance: Finding an end-point assessment organisation Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Guidance: Apply to access the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Transparency data: Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Data items 2023 to 2024 Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Complete the school census Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Transparency data: School land: decisions about the disposal of playing fie… Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Data items Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Changes from the previous early years census Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Methodology for calculating PTE places Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Which children to include Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Early years census Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Statutory guidance: Appropriate bodies guidance: induction and the early ca… Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Statutory guidance: Induction for early career teachers (England) Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Managing and monitoring the qualification offers Monday, 15 April 2024
Qualification-type funding approval criteria: T Level foundation qualificat… Monday, 15 April 2024
Qualification-type funding approval criteria: technical and academic progre… Monday, 15 April 2024
Qualification-type funding approval criteria: alternative academic qualific… Monday, 15 April 2024
Offer-specific criteria for adult offers Monday, 15 April 2024
Transparency data: iQTS providers: inspection reports Monday, 15 April 2024
Guidance: Flexi-job apprenticeships using an approved agency Monday, 15 April 2024
Guidance: Department for Education non-executive appointments Friday, 12 April 2024
Transparency data: Staying Close: section 31 grant determination letters Friday, 12 April 2024
Guidance: Provide information about your banking and payments to DfE Friday, 12 April 2024
Guidance: Department for Education non-executive appointments Friday, 12 April 2024
Research: PIRLS 2021: reading literacy performance in England Thursday, 11 April 2024
Guidance: Share your daily school attendance data Thursday, 11 April 2024
Guidance: Apprenticeship training provider accountability framework Thursday, 11 April 2024
Guidance: Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE): course directory Thursday, 11 April 2024
Guidance: Subject knowledge enhancement: an introduction Thursday, 11 April 2024
Official Statistics: Apprenticeships: April 2024 Thursday, 11 April 2024
Guidance: 16 to 18 qualifications, discount codes and point scores Thursday, 11 April 2024
Transparency data: Implementing supported accommodation reforms: section 31… Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Correspondence: Rough sleeping funding: grant determination letter Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Guidance: Childcare expansion capital grant funding Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Guidance: Apply for a national professional qualification (NPQ) Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Open call for evidence: Non-medical support for disabled students in higher… Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Policy paper: Families first for children (FFC) pathfinder programme Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Decision: Improvement notice issued to Plymouth City Council: May 2023 Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Transparency data: Staying Close: section 31 grant determination letters Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Statistics: Department for Education – Statistics at DfE Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Guidance: Termination of ESFA funding agreements: providers Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Policy paper: Identifying and meeting local skills needs to support growth Monday, 08 April 2024
Transparency data: Free schools and UTCs: successful applications Monday, 08 April 2024
Guidance: Recruit trainee teachers from overseas: accredited ITT providers Monday, 08 April 2024
Guidance: Recruit teachers from overseas Monday, 08 April 2024
Guidance: Flexible working in schools Monday, 08 April 2024
Guidance: Get help with flexible working in schools Monday, 08 April 2024
Transparency data: Independent schools: warning notices and enforcement let… Friday, 05 April 2024
Guidance: Department for Education non-executive appointments Friday, 05 April 2024
Guidance: Senior mental health lead training Friday, 05 April 2024
Guidance: English Baccalaureate: eligible qualifications Friday, 05 April 2024
Data items 2023 to 2024 Thursday, 04 April 2024
Complete the school census Thursday, 04 April 2024
Guidance: How DfE shares personal data Thursday, 04 April 2024
Guidance: Apply for Department for Education (DfE) personal data Thursday, 04 April 2024
Guidance: Apply for online education accreditation Thursday, 04 April 2024
Statutory guidance: Participation of young people: education, employment an… Thursday, 04 April 2024
Guidance: Performance points: comparing KS4 or 16 to 18 qualifications Thursday, 04 April 2024
Guidance: Key stage 4 qualifications, discount codes and point scores Thursday, 04 April 2024
Official Statistics: Pupil attendance in schools Thursday, 04 April 2024
Guidance: Children looked after return 2023 to 2024: technical specificatio… Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Guidance: Children looked after return 2023 to 2024: guide Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Handling other information rights requests Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Dealing with subject access requests (SARs) Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Data protection in schools Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Guidance: Initial teacher training (ITT) bursary: funding manual Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Guidance: School Direct (salaried): funding manual Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Guidance: International relocation payments: guidance for ITT providers Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Guidance: Find, join or create a network for school business professionals Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Transparency data: Department for Education major projects: accounting offi… Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Independent report: Sustainability and climate change strategy: user group … Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Guidance: Early years entitlements expansion: system guidance Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Guidance: Special educational needs co-ordinator's national professional qu… Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Guidance: Apply for a national professional qualification (NPQ) Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Guidance: Flexi-job apprenticeships using an approved agency Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Transparency data: New school proposals Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Press release: Parents to save thousands in childcare cost with new funding Monday, 01 April 2024
March 2024
Guidance: National Careers Service community-based contracts funding rules Sunday, 31 March 2024
Guidance: Teachers: claim back your student loan repayments Sunday, 31 March 2024
Guidance: Levelling up premium payments for teachers Sunday, 31 March 2024
Guidance: Early-career payments for teachers Sunday, 31 March 2024
Transparency data: DfE grant funding agreement: terms and conditions Thursday, 28 March 2024
Statutory guidance: Schemes for financing schools Thursday, 28 March 2024
Guidance: Leasing for maintained schools Thursday, 28 March 2024