Policy papers and consultations

We are seeking views on religious designation reforms for new special academies and new and existing free schools.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 1 May 2024

The Department for Education’s strategy for sustainability and climate change for the education and children’s services systems.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 20 December 2023

• Sustainability and climate change: a strategy for the education and children’s services systems

  Scope and purpose This strategy applies to: the Department for Education…

We are seeking views on the most appropriate approach for delivering minimum service levels in education services and evidence on the impact of strike action.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 15 December 2023

We are seeking views on new regulations for keeping school registers and draft thresholds for legal interventions to improve consistency across England.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 29 August 2023

The findings of the internal policy review of academy trust oversight and commissioning as we move towards an academy trust-led school system.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 6 July 2023

We're seeking views on revised statutory guidance for local authorities on home to school travel and transport for children of statutory school age (5 to 16).

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 29 June 2023

Our approach to supporting schools and academy trusts to get best value from their resources.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 8 June 2023

Sets out our vision for music education and how this can be achieved through partnerships with schools, music hubs, the music and creative sector, and others.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 2 others
• Updated: 20 January 2023

We’d like your views on proposed changes to the statutory guidance for schools on access to education and training providers.

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

Information about the school rebuilding programme, which carries out major rebuilding and refurbishment projects at school and sixth-form college buildings across England.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 16 December 2022

Equalities impact assessments relating to the prioritisation methodology for the school rebuilding programme.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 16 December 2022

We're seeking views on a revised version of the statutory school admission appeals code.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 16 June 2022

We are seeking views on the revised standards for boarding schools and residential special schools in England.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 20 May 2022

We're seeking views on changes to registration requirements for independent educational settings, and changes to independent schools legislation.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 6 May 2022

We're seeking views on the approach to prioritising schools for future places in the School Rebuilding Programme.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 3 February 2022

Replacing our statutory guidance on malpractice and maladministration.

• From: Ofqual
• Updated: 26 November 2021

We're seeking views on centralising the payment of business rates for state-funded schools from the 2022 to 2023 financial year onwards.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 18 August 2021

We're seeking views on a revised version of the Building Bulletin 100 design guide for fire safety in schools.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 17 August 2021

We’re seeking views on proposals to attach conditions to the payment made to local authorities of the school improvement monitoring and brokering grant.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 1 July 2021

We are seeking views on the design guide for fire safety in schools.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 11 June 2021