Archived government news
May 2025
Transparency data: Advisory board meetings schedule and preparation templat… Friday, 16 May 2025
Dover to Calais school trips Friday, 16 May 2025
Guidance: Academy conversion: important dates Friday, 16 May 2025
Applications open for 30 hours funded childcare expansion Sunday, 11 May 2025
April 2025
Free breakfast clubs roll out as costs for families cut by £8,000 Monday, 21 April 2025
Parents get 95 hours back as free Breakfast Clubs are rolled out Saturday, 19 April 2025
Guidance: Early years census: technical specification Thursday, 17 April 2025
Notice: Notice to improve: Vantage CE Academies Trust Thursday, 17 April 2025
Official Statistics: Pupil attendance in schools Thursday, 17 April 2025
Guidance: Early Years Foundation Stage nutrition Thursday, 17 April 2025
February 2025
Notice: Notice to improve: Northern Ambition Academies Trust Friday, 14 February 2025
Guidance: Further education corporations and sixth-form college corporation… Friday, 14 February 2025
Research: National Careers Service satisfaction and progression surveys 202… Friday, 14 February 2025
Transparency data: Free schools and UTCs: successful applications Friday, 14 February 2025
Guidance: Access support from school hubs Friday, 14 February 2025
Guidance: School food standards: resources for schools Thursday, 13 February 2025
Press release: More red tape slashed to reduce apprenticeship bureaucracy Thursday, 13 February 2025
Policy paper: International qualified teacher status (iQTS) Thursday, 13 February 2025
Transparency data: Measuring the net present value of further education in … Thursday, 13 February 2025
Guidance: School food standards: resources for schools Thursday, 13 February 2025
Transparency data: DfE monthly workforce management information: 2024 to 20… Thursday, 13 February 2025
Guidance: 16 to 18 accountability headline measures Thursday, 13 February 2025
Accredited official statistics: 16 to 18 school and college performance dat… Thursday, 13 February 2025
Accredited official statistics: A level and other 16 to 18 results: 2024 (r… Thursday, 13 February 2025
Guidance: Department for Education non-executive appointments Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Transparency data: DfE monthly workforce management information: 2024 to 20… Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Guidance: Regional Prevent education coordinators Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Guidance: School business professionals: training and development Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Guidance: Establishing school-based nursery provision Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Guidance: School-level annual school census: guide to submitting data Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Guidance: Childminder agencies: list of agencies Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Press release: 10,000 more apprentices as Government slashes red tape to bo… Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Press release: 10,000 more apprentices as Government slashes red tape to bo… Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Guidance: Department for Education non-executive appointments Monday, 10 February 2025
Statutory guidance: Children Act 1989: transition to adulthood for care lea… Monday, 10 February 2025
Statutory guidance: Local offer guidance Monday, 10 February 2025
Independent report: Reports on children’s services in Stoke-on-Trent City C… Monday, 10 February 2025
Decision: Revised direction issued to Stoke-on-Trent City Council (revoked … Monday, 10 February 2025
Guidance: Apply for a national professional qualification (NPQ) Monday, 10 February 2025
Guidance: Funding for national professional qualifications (NPQs) Monday, 10 February 2025
Statutory guidance: Early years qualification requirements and standards Monday, 10 February 2025
Guidance: Multiply local allocations: quarterly progress report Monday, 10 February 2025
Transparency data: Independent schools: warning notices and enforcement let… Friday, 07 February 2025
Guidance: Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE): course directory Friday, 07 February 2025
Transparency data: DfE: special advisers’ gifts, hospitality and meetings, … Friday, 07 February 2025
Guidance: Flexi-job apprenticeships using an approved agency Friday, 07 February 2025
Press release: Sir Ian Bauckham named as permanent Chief Regulator of Ofqua… Friday, 07 February 2025
Transparency data: National Careers Service: course directory Friday, 07 February 2025
Decision: Revised direction issued to Herefordshire Council: March 2023 Friday, 07 February 2025
Decision: Revised direction issued to Herefordshire Council: February 2025 Friday, 07 February 2025
Transparency data: School land: decisions about the disposal of playing fie… Friday, 07 February 2025
Press release: Sir Ian Bauckham named as permanent Chief Regulator of Ofqua… Friday, 07 February 2025
Research: Education for wellbeing programme findings Friday, 07 February 2025
Decision: Revised direction issued to Halton Borough Council: February 2025 Friday, 07 February 2025
Decision: Direction issued to Halton Borough Council: August 2024 Friday, 07 February 2025
Independent report: Halton Borough Council’s children’s services: commissio… Friday, 07 February 2025
Guidance: Department for Education non-executive appointments Thursday, 06 February 2025
Guidance: Early years foundation stage profile return Thursday, 06 February 2025
Guidance: Early years funding benchmarking tool Thursday, 06 February 2025
Correspondence: DfE major projects: appointment letters for Senior Responsi… Thursday, 06 February 2025
Guidance: Early years qualifications achieved in the UK Thursday, 06 February 2025
Qualification-type funding approval criteria: technical qualifications Thursday, 06 February 2025
Guidance: Post-16 qualifications at level 3 and below for the 2025 to 2026 … Thursday, 06 February 2025
Managing and monitoring the qualification offers Thursday, 06 February 2025
Qualification-type funding approval criteria: technical and academic progre… Thursday, 06 February 2025
Qualification-type funding approval criteria: T Level foundation qualificat… Thursday, 06 February 2025
Official Statistics: Pupil attendance in schools Thursday, 06 February 2025
Early years census Thursday, 06 February 2025
Submitting and checking a return Thursday, 06 February 2025
Press release: Reading and writing boost to drive high and rising standards Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Statutory guidance: Alternative provision Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Guidance: Academy conversion: important dates Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Correspondence: Financial health notice to improve: Warwickshire College Gr… Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Guidance: Supporting higher education providers with T Levels Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Open consultation: Use of reasonable force and other restrictive interventi… Tuesday, 04 February 2025
Speech: Education Secretary speech on new era of school standards Monday, 03 February 2025
Guidance: SEN and disability duties: guidance for school governing boards Monday, 03 February 2025
Press release: Government sets out plans to target ‘stuck’ schools Monday, 03 February 2025
Speech: Education Secretary speech on new era of school standards Monday, 03 February 2025
Transparency data: Privacy information: stakeholders Monday, 03 February 2025
Transparency data: Privacy information: members of the public Monday, 03 February 2025
Transparency data: Privacy information: local authority employees Monday, 03 February 2025
Transparency data: Privacy information: education providers’ workforce, inc… Monday, 03 February 2025
Transparency data: Privacy information: parents, carers and legal guardians Monday, 03 February 2025
Guidance: College and local authority accountability agreements Monday, 03 February 2025
January 2025
Guidance: Find, join or create a network for school business professionals Friday, 31 January 2025
Guidance: Pupil referral units: converting to alternative provision academi… Friday, 31 January 2025
3. Set up or join an academy trust Friday, 31 January 2025
Convert to an academy: guide for schools Friday, 31 January 2025
Guidance: Claim the academy conversion support grant Friday, 31 January 2025
Transparency data: Providers delivering T Levels and the T Level foundation… Friday, 31 January 2025
Transparency data: Period product scheme: management information Friday, 31 January 2025
Report serious teacher misconduct Friday, 31 January 2025
Transparency data: DfE: special advisers’ gifts, hospitality and meetings, … Thursday, 30 January 2025
Impact assessment: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: impact assessment… Thursday, 30 January 2025
Consultation outcome: Transfer of funding powers for new technical qualific… Thursday, 30 January 2025
Transparency data: Disclosure of civil servant roles and salary information Thursday, 30 January 2025
Transparency data: DfE: business appointment rules advice Thursday, 30 January 2025
Transparency data: DfE and executive agency spend over £25,000: 2024 to 202… Thursday, 30 January 2025
Research: Young adult outcomes for pupils with SEN Thursday, 30 January 2025
Guidance: SEN and disability duties: guidance for school governing boards Thursday, 30 January 2025
Press release: Government aims to crack down on rogue higher education oper… Thursday, 30 January 2025
Open consultation: Franchising in higher education Thursday, 30 January 2025
Call for evidence outcome: Industry training board review 2023: call for ev… Thursday, 30 January 2025
Corporate report: 2023 Industry Training Board (ITB) review Thursday, 30 January 2025
Transparency data: September guarantee: education and training for young pe… Thursday, 30 January 2025
Official Statistics: Parental responsibility measures: 2023 to 2024 academi… Thursday, 30 January 2025
Official Statistics: School funding statistics: 2024 to 2025 financial year Thursday, 30 January 2025
Guidance: Further education corporations and sixth-form college corporation… Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Guidance: Assessment component files: 2025 Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Policy paper: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024: policy summary Tuesday, 28 January 2025
Guidance: Record keeping and retention information for academies Tuesday, 28 January 2025
Guidance: Get information about schools Tuesday, 28 January 2025
Guidance: Identifying and supporting young people at risk of NEET Tuesday, 28 January 2025
Consultation outcome: Experience-based route for early years practitioners Tuesday, 28 January 2025
Guidance: Experience-based route for early years staff Tuesday, 28 January 2025
Guidance: School census 2024 to 2025: technical information Monday, 27 January 2025
Press release: Foreign Secretary marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz-Birken… Monday, 27 January 2025
Transparency data: British schools overseas: inspection reports for accredi… Monday, 27 January 2025
Transparency data: New school proposals Monday, 27 January 2025
Press release: Foreign Secretary marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz-Birken… Monday, 27 January 2025
Press release: Education Secretary outlines plans to modernise education se… Friday, 24 January 2025
Apply for teacher training Friday, 24 January 2025
Correspondence: Regional improvement and innovation alliances: grant determ… Friday, 24 January 2025
Guidance: Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in schools Friday, 24 January 2025
Guidance: Integrated curriculum and financial planning (ICFP) Friday, 24 January 2025
Guidance: Special educational needs survey: guide to submitting data Friday, 24 January 2025
Guidance: Special educational needs person level survey: technical specific… Friday, 24 January 2025
Guidance: Lifelong Learning Entitlement modular acceleration programme Thursday, 23 January 2025
Guidance: Phonics screening data collection: technical specification Thursday, 23 January 2025
Transparency data: Open academies, free schools, studio schools and UTCs Thursday, 23 January 2025
Promotional material: Share Your Skills: stakeholder toolkit Thursday, 23 January 2025
Official Statistics: Pupil attendance in schools Thursday, 23 January 2025
Corporate report: Further Education Commissioner: annual report 2023 to 202… Thursday, 23 January 2025
Speech: Education Secretary gives Bett Show 2025 keynote address Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Guidance: Access support from school hubs Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Guidance: Generative AI: product safety expectations Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Policy paper: Generative artificial intelligence (AI) in education Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Press release: Education Secretary outlines plans to modernise education se… Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Guidance: School food standards: resources for schools Tuesday, 21 January 2025
Transparency data: Advisory board meetings schedule and preparation templat… Tuesday, 21 January 2025
Guidance: Check the children's barred list Tuesday, 21 January 2025
Correspondence: DfE major projects: appointment letters for Senior Responsi… Monday, 20 January 2025
Guidance: Leasing for academy trusts Monday, 20 January 2025
Guidance: Leasing for maintained schools Monday, 20 January 2025
Guidance: School resource management self-assessment checklist Monday, 20 January 2025
Guidance: T Level industry placements delivery guidance Monday, 20 January 2025
Guidance: Turing Scheme: international placements, 2025 to 2026 Monday, 20 January 2025
Guidance: School business professionals: training and development Monday, 20 January 2025
Guidance: Data sharing between the National Careers Service and Jobcentre P… Monday, 20 January 2025
Guidance: Net capacity assessment programme Friday, 17 January 2025
Check your data Friday, 17 January 2025
Data items 2024 to 2025 Friday, 17 January 2025
Complete the school census Friday, 17 January 2025
Find a school census code: applicable from August 2024 Friday, 17 January 2025
Guidance: School census 2024 to 2025: technical information Thursday, 16 January 2025
Research: Technical education learner survey 2023 Thursday, 16 January 2025
Press release: UK-Ukraine enter schools partnership to drive education stan… Thursday, 16 January 2025
Transparency data: Family hubs transformation fund: section 31 grant determ… Thursday, 16 January 2025
Transparency data: Open academies, free schools, studio schools and UTCs Thursday, 16 January 2025
Guidance: Elective home education and children missing education: submit yo… Thursday, 16 January 2025
Guidance: EHE and CME data collection: guide and validation rules Thursday, 16 January 2025
Guidance: Further education: initial teacher education Thursday, 16 January 2025
Guidance: Breakfast clubs early adopter guidance for schools and trusts in … Thursday, 16 January 2025
Case study: Benefits of breakfast clubs Thursday, 16 January 2025
Transparency data: DFE Government Major Projects Portfolio data, 2024 Thursday, 16 January 2025
Press release: Government reaffirms commitment to Free Speech in universiti… Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Looking after someone else's child Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Guidance: Procuring SEND education placements and services Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Guidance: Use of reasonable force in schools Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Transparency data: Free schools and UTCs: successful applications Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Transparency data: National Careers Service: course directory Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Research: A process evaluation of the English Hubs Programme Tuesday, 14 January 2025
Guidance: Department for Education non-executive appointments Tuesday, 14 January 2025
Press release: AI teacher tools set to break down barriers to opportunity Monday, 13 January 2025
Transparency data: Privacy information: local authority employees Monday, 13 January 2025
Transparency data: Independent schools: warning notices and enforcement let… Monday, 13 January 2025
Guidance: School-level annual school census: technical information Monday, 13 January 2025
Guidance: Multiply local allocations: quarterly progress report Monday, 13 January 2025
Guidance: 16 to 18 accountability headline measures Monday, 13 January 2025
Guidance: Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE): course directory Friday, 10 January 2025
Guidance: Managing training for early career teachers Friday, 10 January 2025
Press release: Families to receive £126 million in early years support Friday, 10 January 2025
Guidance: Department for Education non-executive appointments Friday, 10 January 2025
Press release: Families to receive £126 million in early years support Friday, 10 January 2025
Research: Cost of school uniforms survey 2023 Thursday, 09 January 2025
Transparency data: Open academies, free schools, studio schools and UTCs Thursday, 09 January 2025
Guidance: Buy musical instruments, equipment and technology Thursday, 09 January 2025
Complete the school census Thursday, 09 January 2025
Find a school census code: applicable from August 2024 Thursday, 09 January 2025
Policy paper: Funding higher risk organisations and subcontractors Thursday, 09 January 2025
Official Statistics: Pupil attendance in schools Thursday, 09 January 2025
School admissions Wednesday, 08 January 2025
Guidance: Alternative provision census: technical specification Wednesday, 08 January 2025
Submitting and checking a return Wednesday, 08 January 2025
Early years census Wednesday, 08 January 2025
Guidance: EYFSP return: technical specification Wednesday, 08 January 2025
Press release: Children’s Bill to keep children safe from exploitation Wednesday, 08 January 2025
Meeting digital and technology standards in schools and colleges Tuesday, 07 January 2025
Cyber security standards for schools and colleges Tuesday, 07 January 2025
Guidance: Condition Improvement Fund Tuesday, 07 January 2025
Guidance: Senior mental health lead training Tuesday, 07 January 2025
Guidance: Promoting and supporting mental health and wellbeing in schools a… Tuesday, 07 January 2025
Guidance: Academy trusts: off-payroll appointments Tuesday, 07 January 2025
Transparency data: Independent special schools and post-16 institutions Monday, 06 January 2025
Guidance: Providing supported internships for young people with an EHC plan Monday, 06 January 2025
Data items 2024 to 2025 Friday, 03 January 2025
Complete the school census Friday, 03 January 2025
Find a school census code: applicable from August 2024 Friday, 03 January 2025
Alternative provision census Friday, 03 January 2025
Changes from the previous AP census Friday, 03 January 2025
Data items Friday, 03 January 2025
Transparency data: Trust Capacity Fund (TCaF) award recipients Friday, 03 January 2025
Guidance: Flexi-job apprenticeships using an approved agency Thursday, 02 January 2025
Guidance: Elective home education and children missing education: submit yo… Thursday, 02 January 2025
December 2024
Transparency data: Providers delivering Higher Technical Qualifications Friday, 27 December 2024
Guidance: Department for Education non-executive appointments Monday, 23 December 2024
Guidance: School census 2024 to 2025: technical information Monday, 23 December 2024
Guidance: Find, join or create a network for school business professionals Friday, 20 December 2024
Guidance: Alternative provision census: technical specification Friday, 20 December 2024
Guidance: Agency child and family social workers: data return and price cap… Friday, 20 December 2024
Guidance: Department for Education non-executive appointments Friday, 20 December 2024
Guidance: Early years qualifications achieved in the United Kingdom Friday, 20 December 2024
Transparency data: Independent special schools and post-16 institutions Friday, 20 December 2024
Guidance: Monitor your school attendance: user guide Thursday, 19 December 2024
Transparency data: Local authority interactive tool (LAIT) Thursday, 19 December 2024
Guidance: School-Based Nursery Capital Grant Thursday, 19 December 2024
Closed consultation: Our plan to improve the lives of people with ME/CFS (e… Thursday, 19 December 2024
Consultation outcome: Improving the experiences of people with ME/CFS: inte… Thursday, 19 December 2024
Official Statistics: National Tutoring Programme 2023 to 2024 Thursday, 19 December 2024
Official Statistics: Pupil attendance in schools Thursday, 19 December 2024
Correspondence: Notice to improve: Furness College Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Guidance: National funding formula tables for schools and high needs: 2025 … Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Data protection in schools Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Sharing personal data Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Transparency data: List of family hub sites Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Guidance: Adult skills fund: guidance for devolved authorities Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Guidance: Adult skills fund: guidance for providers Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Policy paper: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024: policy summary Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Transparency data: Rural primary schools designation Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Guidance: Apply for Department for Education (DfE) personal data Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Research: Evaluation of Skills Bootcamps: wave 2 implementation report Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Transparency data: Non-consolidated performance-related payments (NCPRP) Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Research: Climate literacy amongst school leavers Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Transparency data: Department for Education gender pay gap 2024 Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Research: Evaluation of Skills Bootcamps: 2021 to 2022 completions and outc… Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Decision: FE Commissioner intervention: Warwickshire College Group 2024 Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Legislation breaks down barriers to opportunity for all children Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Legislation breaks down barriers to opportunity for all children Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Press release: Skills for growth top agenda for business leaders and govern… Monday, 16 December 2024