DfE Updates / Documents / Guidance
Charging for school activities: The guidance which applies to all local authority maintained schools outlines what schools can charge for including voluntary contributions and reduced charges.
Data protection: privacy notice model documents: Suggested privacy notices for schools and local authorities to issue to staff, parents and pupils about the collection of data (15th May update.
Sexual violence and sexual harassment between children in schools and colleges: Advice for schools and colleges on how to prevent and respond to reports of sexual violence and harassment between children.
Summer-born children: school admission: Guidance about school admissions for children born in the summer.
Staffing and employment: advice for schools: Guidance for managing staff and employment issues.
What academies, free schools and colleges should publish online: The information that academies, including 16 to 19 colleges and any educational institution that has academy arrangements, should publish on their websites.
What maintained schools must publish online: The information that schools maintained by their local authorities must publish on their websites.
School land: decisions about disposals: A summary of the decisions about the disposal of school land.
Good estate management for schools: Tools to help you make sure your organisation has the right skills, processes and policies in place.
Enhanced DBS disclosure checks for chairs of academy trusts: Information and forms for academy trust chairs of trustees applying for an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate.
New free website for schools to advertise vacancies: Education Secretary launches crackdown on “excessive” teacher recruitment costs.