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Updated 'List of registered providers of specified FE ITE courses'.
Updated on GOV.UK 22 October 2026, 8:33am
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Updated 'support for learners with learning difficulties and disabilities' to reflect changes in claiming the fixed learning support payment.
Updated on GOV.UK 21 October 2026, 2:32pm
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Updated the summary of changes and funding rules to reflect changes in claiming the fixed learning support payment.
Updated on GOV.UK 21 October 2026, 2:22pm
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Updated the guidance to reflect changes to the off-the-job training policy for starts from 1 August 2025.
Updated on GOV.UK 21 October 2026, 1:18pm
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This is the first publication of the Employability Skills Framework.
Who this affects: Partners across the skills and employment system
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Added 'School teachers’ pay and conditions document 2026 and guidance on school teachers’ pay and conditions'.
Our guides: Workload, Pay and conditions
Updated on GOV.UK 16 October 2026, 4:05pm
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Updated on GOV.UK 16 October 2026, 2:18pm
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Updated on GOV.UK 16 October 2026, 2:18pm
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Updated section 5.2 of the guide.
Updated on GOV.UK 16 October 2026, 12:28pm
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- 16 to 19 funding: information for 2026 to 2027 (opens in a new tab)July 2026
- Allergy safety in schools (opens in a new tab) · Maintained schools (not nursery schools), academies and pupil referral unitsJuly 2026
- Understanding scaled scores at key stage 2 (opens in a new tab) · Primary schoolsJuly 2026
- Inclusive mainstream fund: 2026 to 2027 (opens in a new tab)July 2026
- 16 to 19 funding: ILR returns (opens in a new tab)July 2026
- Glossary: education inspection terminology (opens in a new tab)July 2026
- Mobile phones in schools (opens in a new tab) · View change historyJune 2026
- Inclusive mainstream fund: support for 16 to 19 leaders (opens in a new tab)June 2026
- Careers guidance for schools (opens in a new tab) · Secondary schools and colleges · View change historyJune 2026
- Advice: funding rules for 16 to 19 provision (opens in a new tab)June 2026
- 16 to 19 education (non-apprenticeship): market entry (opens in a new tab)June 2026
- T Level industry placements: guidance for providers (opens in a new tab) · Education providers who deliver T LevelsJune 2026
- Early Career Teacher Induction (opens in a new tab)June 2026
- Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2026 (opens in a new tab)June 2026
- SEND reform: putting children and young people first (opens in a new tab)Apr 2026
- Key stage 2 tests: returning test scripts (opens in a new tab) · Primary schoolsApr 2026
- Using Ofsted logos and copyright (opens in a new tab)Apr 2026
- View your education data (VYED): user guide (opens in a new tab)Apr 2026
- Pay Apprenticeship Levy (opens in a new tab)Apr 2026
- Subcontracting post-16 education and training for the first time (opens in a new tab)Mar 2026
- Schemes for financing local authority maintained schools (opens in a new tab) · Maintained schoolsMar 2026
- How to access the National Curriculum Assessments Portal (opens in a new tab)Mar 2026
- Working Together to Safeguard Children (opens in a new tab)Mar 2026
- Consistent Financial Reporting (CFR) framework (opens in a new tab) · Maintained schoolsMar 2026
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Ofsted on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)- Ofsted safeguarding policy (opens in a new tab)23 Oct 2026
- IDSR: news and updates (opens in a new tab)23 Oct 2026
- School inspection data summary report (IDSR) guide (opens in a new tab)23 Oct 2026
- Early years: regulation (opens in a new tab)22 Oct 2026
- Report changes to registered people in your nursery or other group-based childcare provision (opens in a new tab)22 Oct 2026
Parliament
Education Committee (opens in a new tab)- Letter from Sir Martyn Oliver on Independent research renewed framework inspections, dated 08.10.26 (opens in a new tab)House of Commons Education Committee · 22 Oct 2026
- Progress towards improving children’s outcomes, giving every child the best start in life (opens in a new tab)Written ministerial statements: Department for Education · 22 Oct 2026
- Progress towards improving children’s outcomes, giving every child the best start in life (opens in a new tab)Written ministerial statements: Department for Education · 22 Oct 2026
- Sir David Bell review into antisemitism in schools and colleges (opens in a new tab)Written ministerial statements: Department for Education · 21 Oct 2026
- Sir David Bell review into antisemitism in schools and colleges (opens in a new tab)Written ministerial statements: Department for Education · 21 Oct 2026
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- Parents call for tougher measures in schools to tackle allergies (opens in a new tab)BBC News: Northern Ireland, BBC News: education · 24 Oct 2026
At present, the onus is mainly on parents and individual schools to ensure safety measures for pupils are in place.
- Experienced teachers are quitting or reducing their hours – here's why (opens in a new tab)The Scotsman: education · 24 Oct 2026
More than six in ten of them described leadership practices that hastened their withdrawal
- Trains cancelled and roads warnings as Scotland prepares for Storm Boelo (opens in a new tab)BBC News: Scotland · 23 Oct 2026
Heavy rain and strong winds are expected during the second named storm to hit in two days, with gusts of up to 80mph forecast.
- Call for action after fall in number of children speaking Welsh (opens in a new tab)BBC News: Wales · 23 Oct 2026
Only 48% of children age 3-15 can speak Welsh, according to the annual population survey data.
- Blog post - Experts at Hand: Could this be the shift SEND has been waiting for (opens in a new tab)nasen · 23 Oct 2026
Blog post - Experts at Hand: Could this be the shift SEND has been waiting for bethj@nasen.org.uk Fri, 23/10/2026 - 16:41 This blog looks at the government's new Experts at Hand programme and the changes it will bring for settings seeking specialist support.
- Blog post - Active Learning Participation for Every Learner (opens in a new tab)nasen · 23 Oct 2026
Blog post - Active Learning Participation for Every Learner bethj@nasen.org.uk Fri, 23/10/2026 - 16:35 This blog considers what we mean by 'active learning', what it looks like in practice and how it benefits all learners.
- Weather warnings in place ahead of Storm Boelo (opens in a new tab)BBC News: Northern Ireland · 23 Oct 2026
The amber Met Office alert for counties Antrim and Londonderry lasts from 21:00 BST on Saturday until 21:00 GMT on Sunday.
- We’re teenage girls fighting to ban the use of school uniform in porn. Why have you left it up to us? | Rose, Mae, Aylin and Willow (opens in a new tab)The Guardian: schools · 23 Oct 2026
No one should have to feel nervous about walking to school in clothes designed for children. It’s time for UK law to end the disgusting sexualisation of minors In the Little Feminist Book Club, we don’t read a lot of books.
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