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Open on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)The 'Support for professional development' section has been updated to include information regarding the national Technical and Vocational Subject Teaching Professional Development (TVPD) programme, which is delivered by the Association of Colleges (AoC).
Who this affects: Providers delivering or preparing to deliver T Levels, V Levels and level 2 pathways in England
2 days ago
Open on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)The 'Further education and sixth-form college corporations: governance guide' has been updated to correct the name of the Education Training Foundation and update links.
Who this affects: Governors, senior staff, auditors, and college inspectors of FE corporations and sixth-form college corporations in England
2 days ago
Open on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)This is the first publication of this document.
Who this affects: Education and childcare settings in England
3 days ago
Open on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)The inspection dates and survey windows for the Gateshead, Barnet, Somerset and Hampshire Local Area Partnerships have been added. The entry for the Wigan Local Area Partnership, Devon Local Area Partnership, Lambeth Local Area Partnership, Croydon Local Area Partnership, Surrey Local Area Partnership and Leicestershire Local Area Partnership have been removed.
Who this affects: Local area partnerships in England
6 days ago
Open on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)The document has been updated to include a new attachment titled 'How we will assess protecting public money risks'.
Who this affects: Education providers registered with the Office for Students intending to deliver LLE-funded modular provision in England
6 days ago
Open on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)This is the first publication of the guidance.
Who this affects: Local authorities in England
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Guidance updated – the changes are in the version history.
Updated on GOV.UK 5 November 2026, 4:15pm
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Updated the sections 'Compulsory school age' and 'Who is included in the data' in the user guide to improve clarity. Also changed the section on 'Attendance summary and similar schools reports' to reflect the move from half-termly to termly reports, the updated methodology for identifying similar schools for the 2026 to 2027 academic year and the introduction of multi-year attendance baseline improvement expectations.
Updated on GOV.UK 5 November 2026, 2:07pm
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Last three weeks
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8 days ago
Open on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)An edition titled 'English and maths progress measure qualifications 2025 to 2026' has been added.
Who this affects: Awarding organisations, schools, and colleges in England
8 days ago
Open on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)The 'list of registered providers of specified FE ITE courses' has been updated.
Who this affects: Providers of further education (FE) initial teacher education (ITE) courses in England
8 days ago
Open on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)This is the first published version of the ‘Net capacity assessment: programme guide’. No earlier version is available for comparison.
Who this affects: Schools, responsible bodies, and local authorities in England
8 days ago
Open on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)The 2026 school workforce census guide has been updated, including a rollover of dates to set the next census for 5 November 2026 and clarification of guidance on working days lost data for part-time staff in section 7.3.
Who this affects: School leaders, local authorities, and staff responsible for census returns in maintained schools, academies, free schools, pupil referral units, and Multi Academy Trusts in England
10 days ago
Open on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)This is the first published version of the document. No earlier version is available for comparison.
Who this affects: Organisations that manage technical qualifications, including OfS regulated higher education providers and Ofqual-recognised awarding organisations in England
14 days ago
Open on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)The 'compare your good level of development tool' now includes data from the 2025 to 2026 academic year.
Who this affects: Schools, trusts and local authorities in England
14 days ago
Open on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)The guidance has been updated to clarify the registration of wraparound provision operating on school sites. The Annex has been updated to align terminology with the renewed education inspection framework and to replace a hyperlink.
Who this affects: Maintained schools, academies, multi-academy trusts and independent schools in England
14 days ago
Open on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)The guidance has been updated to refer only to applicant processes. It now provides links to the early years and childcare enforcement policy for providers currently registered with Ofsted.
Who this affects: Applicants seeking to register as childcare providers in England
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- Approved technical and higher technical qualifications (opens in a new tab)Oct 2026
- Special educational needs person level survey: technical specification (opens in a new tab) · Check source applicabilityOct 2026
- Joint targeted area inspection of the multi-agency response to identification of initial need and risk (opens in a new tab) · Check source applicabilityOct 2026
- Joint targeted area inspections of the response to younger children living with neglect (opens in a new tab) · Check source applicabilityOct 2026
- High needs funding arrangements: 2026 to 2027 (opens in a new tab) · Check source applicabilityOct 2026
- Data Protection in Schools (opens in a new tab) · Maintained schools and academiesOct 2026
- Key stage 2 assessment and reporting arrangements (opens in a new tab) · Primary schools · View change historyOct 2026
- Early years teachers’ pay grant (EYTPG) for 2026 to 2027 (opens in a new tab) · Check source applicabilityOct 2026
- Schools budget support grant 2026 (SBSG 26) (opens in a new tab) · Check source applicabilityOct 2026
- Early years free school meals (EYFSM) expansion grant: 2026 to 2027 (opens in a new tab) · Check source applicabilityOct 2026
- Complete the school census (opens in a new tab) · Schools covered by the school census in England · View change historyOct 2026
- Section 251: 2025 to 2026 (opens in a new tab) · Check source applicabilityOct 2026
- General hospital schools census: guide (opens in a new tab) · Check source applicabilityOct 2026
- Overseas-trained teachers: apply for qualified teacher status in England (opens in a new tab) · Check source applicabilityOct 2026
- Advocacy services for children and young people (opens in a new tab) · Check source applicabilityOct 2026
- National standards for the provision of children’s and young people’s advocacy services (opens in a new tab) · Check source applicabilityOct 2026
- Assessment only route to QTS: criteria and supporting advice (opens in a new tab) · Check source applicabilityOct 2026
- Regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE) (opens in a new tab) · Check source applicabilityOct 2026
- RISE attendance and behaviour hubs: guidance for partner schools (opens in a new tab) · Check source applicability · View change historyOct 2026
- Funding for books and reading materials for secondary schools (opens in a new tab) · Check source applicabilityOct 2026
- Criteria and process for retiring an apprenticeship (opens in a new tab) · Check source applicabilityOct 2026
- Primary assessments: future dates (opens in a new tab) · Primary schools · View change historyOct 2026
- Estimating pupil numbers: how to complete your return for 2027 to 2028 (opens in a new tab) · Check source applicabilityOct 2026
- Key stage 2 tests: varying the test timetable (opens in a new tab) · Primary schoolsOct 2026
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- Statistics at DfE (opens in a new tab)5 Nov 2026
Department for Education, GOV.UK: education, training and skills, GOV.UK: parenting, childcare and children's services
- The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (Wales) Order 2026 / Gorchymyn Cyflog ac Amodau Athrawon Ysgol (Cymru) 2026 (opens in a new tab)5 Nov 2026
legislation.gov.uk: Welsh statutory instruments: education
- 16 to 19 performance: 2026 (provisional) (opens in a new tab)5 Nov 2026
Department for Education
Ofsted news
Ofsted on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)- Teacher development: inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2026 (opens in a new tab)5 Nov 2026
- State-funded schools inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2026 (opens in a new tab)4 Nov 2026
- Guidance for inspectors and providers on using restraint, physical intervention and restrictions of liberty (opens in a new tab)3 Nov 2026
- Area SEND inspections: information about ongoing inspections (opens in a new tab)2 Nov 2026
- Understanding Ofsted report cards and grades (opens in a new tab)2 Nov 2026
UK Parliament
Education Committee (opens in a new tab)- letter from Unison on Health accountability within Education, Health and Care plans, dated 28.10.26 (opens in a new tab)House of Commons Education Committee · 4 Nov 2026
- letter from Secretary of State on Review of the secondary English curriculum, dated 29.10.26 (opens in a new tab)House of Commons Education Committee · 4 Nov 2026
- letter from Secretary of State on SEND Tribunals, dated 28.10.26 (opens in a new tab)House of Commons Education Committee · 4 Nov 2026
- Local SEND Reform Plan Outcomes (opens in a new tab)Written ministerial statements: Department for Education · 29 Oct 2026
- Local SEND Reform Plan Outcomes (opens in a new tab)Written ministerial statements: Department for Education · 29 Oct 2026
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- School's S1 pupils study at home due to 'significant' staff shortage (opens in a new tab)BBC News: Scotland · 5 Nov 2026
First year pupils are asked to learn from home due to a combination of illness and understaffing.
- Funded childcare for two-year-olds in Wales expands to 86% of local authorities (opens in a new tab)National Day Nurseries Association · 5 Nov 2026
The number of local authorities offering Welsh Government funded childcare for all two-year-olds will rise from 3 in May to 19 by the end of November 2026.
- Funded childcare for all two-year olds rolls out to 86% of Wales’ local authorities (opens in a new tab)Nation.Cymru · 5 Nov 2026
Nation Cymru staff Six months after taking office, the Welsh Government has expanded funded childcare for all two-year-olds from just three local authorities to 19 by the end of this month, with all 22 on track to be delivering the offer by the end of March.
- Senedd rejects calls to ban phones in classrooms (opens in a new tab)Nation.Cymru · 5 Nov 2026
Ella Groves, ICNN Senedd Reporter A proposal to introduce a legally binding, nationwide ban on mobile phones in Welsh classrooms has been rejected by the Senedd. Members voted 50 to 38 against a Reform UK motion on Wednesday November 4 following a debate in the Siambr.
- Oracy – What it is and the best classroom resources (opens in a new tab)Teachwire · 5 Nov 2026
Improve pupils' speaking skills by explicitly teaching oracy in the classroom, with these activities, ideas and other teaching resources... The post Oracy – What it is and the best classroom resources appeared first on Teachwire.
- Open more Welsh language nurseries or parents could choose English ones, group warns (opens in a new tab)BBC News: Wales · 5 Nov 2026
Mudiad Meithrin warns there are no plans in place to deliver on offering more free Welsh language childcare.
- How private schools segregate students by class and strengthen social divisions (opens in a new tab)The Conversation UK: education · 5 Nov 2026
Class segregation between schools is quite simply unfair.
- nasen Connect article - Inclusion of children with attention difficulties within a mainstream classroom (opens in a new tab)nasen · 5 Nov 2026
nasen Connect article - Inclusion of children with attention difficulties within a mainstream classroom bethj@nasen.org.uk Thu, 05/11/2026 - 12:11 In this article, Michelle Rondeau considers the different strategies teachers adopt to support children with attention difficulties and the importance…
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