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Seven GOV.UK updates in the last 7 days for academy trusts
Latest published weekly digest: Week beginning 19 October 2026
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5 days ago
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The guidance has been updated to reflect 2025 to 2026 KS4 school and college level performance data and the removal of English Baccalaureate (EBacc) performance measures.
Who this affects: Senior leaders in secondary schools, trusts, academies, alternative provision, free schools, and special schools, as well as independent schools or colleges with 14 to 16 provision, governors, trustees, and local authorities in England
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6 days ago
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Bitesize webinar links have been added to the T Level funding guide 2026 to 2027 and the Record your T Level data correctly in academic year 2026 to 2027 document.
Who this affects: Institutions that deliver T Levels in England
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5 other GOV.UK updates
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We have updated the IDSR for secondary schools only with the DfE’s 2026 provisional KS4 performance data.
Updated on GOV.UK 23 October 2026, 9:38am
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We have updated the IDSR for secondary schools only with the DfE’s 2026 provisional KS4 performance data. The IDSR guidance has been updated to reflect this update.
Our guide: School data
Updated on GOV.UK 23 October 2026, 9:38am
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A comprehensive summary of changes is included in the 'National technical outcomes: change log'.
Updated on GOV.UK 22 October 2026, 2:45pm
Free breakfast clubs grant: conditions of grant for September 2026 to July 2027 (opens in a new tab)
Schools accepted onto the free breakfast clubs programme in England
Open on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)GOV.UK’s note
GOV.UK published no change note for this version.
Updated on GOV.UK 19 October 2026, 2:50pm
Schools accepted onto the free breakfast clubs programme in England
Open on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)Updated on GOV.UK 19 October 2026, 2:50pm
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11 days ago
Open on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)Written by AI, not individually reviewed
The availability of the 'Submit local authority monitoring and moderation agreement requests' form for academies and participating independent schools, and the 'Approve monitoring and moderation agreement requests' form for local authorities, has been moved to Monday 2 November.
Who this affects: Academies, participating independent schools, and local authorities in England
Our guide: KS2 SATs
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13 days ago
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Assessment dates for the 2028 to 2029 academic year have been added. Two new downloadable assessment calendars for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 for the 2026 to 2027 academic year are now available.
Who this affects: Schools in England.
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17 days ago · 1 earlier change
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The guidance and its associated template documents are being reviewed to reflect the Procurement Act 2023.
Who this affects: England; schools and governing boards.
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18 days ago
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The guide for submitting audited financial statements for 2025 to 2026 has been published and the online accounts submission coversheet is open.
Who this affects: Academy trusts in England
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4 other GOV.UK updates
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Academy trusts
Open on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)Updated on GOV.UK 16 October 2026, 2:18pm
Academy trusts
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Updated for the academies accounts return (AR) 2025 to 2026.
Our guide: School financial reporting
Updated on GOV.UK 16 October 2026, 2:18pm
All schools
Open on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)GOV.UK’s note
Updated 'Approved technical occupation qualifications: September 2026'.
Updated on GOV.UK 15 October 2026, 2:25pm
Maintained schools and academies
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GOV.UK published no change note for this version.
Updated on GOV.UK 14 October 2026, 2:27pm
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- The Prevent duty: safeguarding learners (DfE) (opens in a new tab) · View change historyOct 2026
- Academy Trust Handbook (opens in a new tab) · Academy trusts · View change historyOct 2026
- Education inspection framework (opens in a new tab)Sept 2026
- Level 2 and 3 qualifications to have 16 to 19 funding approval removed in 2027 (opens in a new tab)Sept 2026
- Post-16 pathways: implementation plan (opens in a new tab)Sept 2026
- Early years foundation stage profile handbook (opens in a new tab) · Early years and ReceptionSept 2026
- Filtering and Monitoring Core Standard (opens in a new tab) · View change historySept 2026
- Cyber Security Core Standard (opens in a new tab) · View change historySept 2026
- Digital and Technology Standards (opens in a new tab) · View change historySept 2026
- Post-16 revenue funding: payments and allocations (opens in a new tab)Sept 2026
- Free meals in further education guide (opens in a new tab) · Further education funded institutionsSept 2026
- Free breakfast clubs guidance (opens in a new tab) · Primary schools · View change historySept 2026
- School Food Standards (opens in a new tab) · Maintained schools, academies, pupil referral units and non-maintained special schools · View change historySept 2026
- Information sharing to safeguard children (opens in a new tab)Sept 2026
- Qualification reform hub (opens in a new tab)Sept 2026
- Technical and higher technical qualifications (THTQ): overview (opens in a new tab)Sept 2026
- 16 to 19 funding: allocation statement guides (opens in a new tab)Sept 2026
- Support and intervention in schools (opens in a new tab)Sept 2026
- 16 to 19 Bursary Fund: provider guide (opens in a new tab) · Institutions that administer the 16 to 19 Bursary FundSept 2026
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- Calls grow for dedicated nurse at special school (opens in a new tab)Nation.Cymru · 24 Oct 2026
Richard Youle, Local Democracy Reporter Campaigners are stepping up their efforts for a special school to have a dedicated nurse. They have been calling for one at Ysgol Heol Goffa, Llanelli which looks after 120-plus young people aged three to 19 with a range of additional needs, for years.
- Parents call for tougher measures in schools to tackle allergies (opens in a new tab)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.
- 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.
- Cyhuddo cyngor o 'daflu tanwydd ar goelcerth' wrth alw am atal cau ysgolion Cymraeg (opens in a new tab)BBC News: Wales · 23 Oct 2026
Mae llywodraethwyr tair ysgol gynradd yng Nghwm Gwendraeth yn galw am foratoriwm ar gau ysgolion cyfrwng Cymraeg.
- Governors from under-threat schools demand ‘national moratorium on closing small schools’ (opens in a new tab)Nation.Cymru · 23 Oct 2026
Stephen Price Governors of three under-threat schools have called on the Welsh Government to announce a moratorium on any decisions to close Welsh-medium schools.
- Understanding Total Cost of Ownership (opens in a new tab)Education Executive · 23 Oct 2026
Understanding Total Cost of Ownership In schools and trusts, many purchasing decisions come with two costs: the initial price you pay and the total cost of ownership (TCO) Considering both is essential to ensure procurement decisions are not only the right choice in the short term but also deliver…
- Young people need more than qualifications to prepare them for work (opens in a new tab)The Conversation UK: education · 22 Oct 2026
As more young people become detached from education and employment, schools must look beyond academic results to the skills that connect us.
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