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England

Remote education arrangements

Official wording, responsibilities and review duties.

Evidence link

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Requirement and scope

Choose the governance type; academy and maintained duties differ. Choose a phase; confirm age and provision conditions. Confirm locally: Has pupils of compulsory school age.

Maintained school

Expected [3]

Should publish. Website publication within the stated scope. [1]

Source-established phases
Primary, Secondary, All-through, Special
Source-established school types
Mainstream school, Special school
EYFS condition
No separate EYFS condition stated
Accountable
not stated in the source
Approval
not stated in the source
Operational owner
not stated in the source
Review cycle
set by the school

Conditions: Has pupils of compulsory school age.

Independent schools and pupil referral units are outside this catalogue’s supported governance mapping.

Academy or free school

Expected [3]

Should publish. Website publication within the stated scope. [2]

Source-established phases
Primary, Secondary, All-through, Special
Source-established school types
Mainstream school, Special school
EYFS condition
No separate EYFS condition stated
Accountable
not stated in the source
Approval
not stated in the source
Operational owner
not stated in the source
Review cycle
set by the school

Conditions: Has pupils of compulsory school age.

Independent schools and pupil referral units are outside this catalogue’s supported governance mapping.

Remote education guidance applies only to pupils of compulsory school age. The canonical guidance replaces the original 404 link.

Official wording

Remote education

Schools should publish information about their remote education provision.

What maintained schools must or should publish online · Reviewed 2026-10-26

Remote education

Academies should publish information about their remote education provision.

What academies and further education colleges must or should publish online · Reviewed 2026-10-26

Summary

This guidance only applies to pupils of compulsory school age, and the word ‘pupil’ in the guidance only means pupils of compulsory school age.

Providing remote education: guidance for schools · Reviewed 2026-10-26

Sources and updates

Official evidence reviewed 2026-10-26. Check the source edition and conditions before acting.

  1. What maintained schools must or should publish online

    Reviewed edition matches. Source text matches the reviewed edition.

    Reviewed on
    2026-10-26
    Reviewed version
    2024-10-24T13:22:43+01:00
    Last checked
    2026-10-27T11:00:36.203Z
    Reviewed text digest (SHA-256)
    b9b1f18649ff2aa39b0a9df87f62c3aeb29bb48753d2bb174e50a411ac33a1f0
    Official content identity
    601afc48-7631-11e4-a3cb-005056011aef
    Official content digest (SHA-256)
    b3b7c2dedfb7e1fe1d249c685ca0f56f901e00aef72bbc7fba327afd2ccf9596

    https://www.gov.uk/guidance/what-maintained-schools-must-publish-online

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  2. What academies and further education colleges must or should publish online

    Reviewed edition matches. Source text matches the reviewed edition.

    Reviewed on
    2026-10-26
    Reviewed version
    2024-10-24T13:22:46+01:00
    Last checked
    2026-10-27T11:00:36.203Z
    Reviewed text digest (SHA-256)
    c97340181ef278fa159ebd90b83d1f974cfc65dd3107bfb3379793aec044b7df
    Official content identity
    805a09d7-7542-41b7-aefe-1b0935777e49
    Official content digest (SHA-256)
    48649d639b13916fb1950e252294ddcfb0016986359c01fe4842291a81faba96

    https://www.gov.uk/guidance/what-academies-free-schools-and-colleges-should-publish-online

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  3. Providing remote education: guidance for schools

    Reviewed edition matches. Source text matches the reviewed edition.

    Reviewed on
    2026-10-26
    Reviewed version
    2024-08-19T10:00:00+01:00
    Last checked
    2026-10-27T11:00:36.203Z
    Reviewed text digest (SHA-256)
    8c78da0c09e3c8f6c44969ae6354c0567f81760acfbbc0b9dd697d9ebcf20110
    Official content identity
    ec5dd317-4c45-4a9a-99e9-193727673840
    Official content digest (SHA-256)
    44c6bea2584c2ef2dc975b46f42b4928e0716b4e7ef9832a5bb38c804521ec18

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/providing-remote-education-guidance-for-schools/providing-remote-education-guidance-for-schools

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Guidance, not legal advice. Local checks are not a compliance judgement; other duties may apply.