Guidance and regulation

Guidance to help schools and colleges manage their security effectively so they can meet their obligations.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 9 October 2023

Technical specification and validation rules for submitting 2023 to 2024 school census data.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 30 April 2024

The process you need to follow to apply to set up a new special free school.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 16 May 2024

How schools can prohibit the use of mobile phones throughout the school day.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 19 February 2024

Statutory guidance for schools and colleges on providing careers guidance.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 5 January 2023

Guidance for parents on requesting a delayed school start for children born in the summer.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 27 April 2023

Local authorities’ responsibilities when making home-to-school travel arrangements for children of compulsory school age.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 25 January 2024

Guides for schools and local authorities submitting data using COLLECT.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 31 October 2023

Resources to help schools plan and provide healthy food in schools.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 7 February 2023

Generic design brief and technical annexes.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 18 December 2023

How schools and local authorities should securely send pupil records and other information using the school to school (S2S) system.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 26 March 2014

How educational and childcare settings should plan for and deal with emergencies, including significant public health incidents and severe weather.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 10 May 2023

Suggested privacy notices for schools and local authorities to issue to staff, parents and pupils about the collection of data.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 30 October 2023

Find out about the CDC2 programme and when preliminary meetings and school site visits will take place.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 17 October 2023

Statutory guidance for schools about employing staff who have been disqualified from providing childcare.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 31 August 2018

Information to help schools increase access to PE, physical activity and extra-curricular school sport, including examples of good practice.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 23 March 2024

Find out the requirements for the registration of independent schools, also known as private schools.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 24 August 2022

How to object to admission arrangements and how admission authorities can apply for an in-year variation or appeal against a direction to admit a child.

• From: Office of the Schools Adjudicator
• Updated: 11 December 2023

Building Bulletin issue 100, providing a design guide for fire safety in schools.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 11 March 2014

Standards and guidance on the area of school buildings and grounds, and the number of pupil places available in school buildings.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 20 July 2018