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Week beginning 14 September 2026: school guidance changes

7 recorded changes to watched GOV.UK documents, 14 to 20 September 2026.

Changes, newest first

Written by AI, not individually reviewed.

  1. Academy Trust Handbook

    Changed on 17 September 2026 · All changes to this document

    The Academy Trust Handbook 2026 includes updated procurement requirements specifically for energy and management information systems (MIS).

    Who this affects: Academy trust members, trustees, accounting officers, chief financial officers, and auditors.

    GOV.UK’s note

    We have updated the Academy Trust Handbook 2026 to clarify procurement requirements for energy and management information systems (MIS) in paragraphs 2.29 and 2.30 and reflected this in the ‘What has changed’ section.

  2. Cyber Security Core Standard

    Changed on 16 September 2026 · All changes to this document

    The document now explicitly links cyber security measures to the statutory responsibility for online safeguarding as detailed in Keeping children safe in education (KCSIE).

    Who this affects: All schools and colleges; specifically the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) digital lead, IT support, Data Protection Officer (DPO), headteachers/principals, and governing bodies or boards of trustees.

    GOV.UK’s note

    Added information about schools' and colleges' statutory responsibility to keep children and young people safe online.

  3. Filtering and Monitoring Core Standard

    Changed on 16 September 2026 · All changes to this document

    Added that schools and colleges have a statutory responsibility, set out in KCSIE, to keep children safe online as well as offline, including appropriate filtering and monitoring. The standards are DfE's recommended approach to meeting it.

    Corrected by HeadteacherChat on 13 October 2026.

    Who this affects: Schools, colleges, governing bodies, proprietors, senior leadership teams (SLT), designated safeguarding leads (DSL), IT support (in-house or third-party), and governors.

    GOV.UK’s note

    Added information about schools' and colleges' statutory responsibility to keep children and young people safe online.

  4. Digital and Technology Standards

    Changed on 16 September 2026 · All changes to this document

    The core standard for filtering and monitoring now explicitly includes the statutory responsibility to keep children and young people safe online, as detailed in KCSIE.

    Who this affects: All schools and colleges.

    GOV.UK’s note

    Filtering and monitoring: core standard - Added information about schools' and colleges' statutory responsibility to keep children and young people safe online.

  5. Free school meals — guidance for schools

    Changed on 16 September 2026 · All changes to this document

    The guidance includes a one-off extension for completing FSM eligibility checks for the autumn 2026 school census and adds a link to funding arrangements for school-based nurseries and maintained nursery schools.

    Who this affects: School leaders, school staff, governing bodies, local-authority-maintained schools, academies, free schools, non-maintained special schools, and local authorities.

    GOV.UK’s note

    Updated the guidance document to add information about the one-off extension until 2 November 2026 for completing free school meals eligibility checks for the autumn 2026 school census. Added a link to the funding arrangements for school-based nurseries and maintained nursery schools.

  6. Free breakfast clubs guidance

    Changed on 15 September 2026 · All changes to this document

    The guidance has been updated for the 2026 to 2027 academic year, removing the specific early adopter programme section and updating the title from 'phase 1 of the national rollout from April 2026' to 'Free breakfast clubs: guidance for schools and trusts'.

    Who this affects: Schools and trusts in England delivering or preparing to deliver free breakfast clubs; local authorities; PVI childcare providers.

    GOV.UK’s note

    Updated 'Free breakfast clubs: guidance for schools and trusts' for the 2026 to 2027 academic year, including links to current guidance and information on partnerships, offers and school food standards. The guidance was previously titled 'Free breakfast clubs: guidance for schools and trusts for phase 1 of the national rollout from April 2026'. Removed 'Free breakfast clubs: guidance for schools on the early adopter programme, April 2025 to March 2026'.

  7. School Food Standards

    Changed on 14 September 2026 · All changes to this document

    The document has been updated to indicate that new school food standards will be implemented from 2027.

    Who this affects: Governing boards of local-authority-maintained schools, pupil referral units, academies, free schools, and non-maintained special schools.

    GOV.UK’s note

    Updated to reflect that new school food standards will be implemented from 2027.

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