Guidance: Supporting SEND reform: developing the Experts at Hand offer
Information for local authorities, integrated care boards, those leading and working in mainstream settings, parents and carers on our expectations in year 1.
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Guidance: Choosing a phonics teaching programme
Sets out what the government is doing to help schools choose a phonics teaching programme.
Josh MacAlister - National Children and Adult Services Conference
Speech delivered by Children's Minister at annual NCASC conference in Liverpool
Official Statistics: Stability measures for children looked after in England: 2027
Statistics on the stability of Children Looked After (CLA) in their placement and in their professional support, for CLA on 31 March 2027.
Official Statistics: Initial teacher training: trainee number census - 2027 to 2028
Provisional recruitment to initial teacher training (ITT) programmes in England in the academic year 2027 to 2028.
Correspondence: DfE Update 11 November 2026
Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.
Official Statistics: Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers: 2027
Statistics on the characteristics of early years providers in England.
Accredited official statistics: Primary school performance data in England: 2027
Information on the achievements of pupils in each state-funded primary school in England.
Accredited official statistics: Key stage 2 attainment (revised): 2027
Revised results for the 2027 national curriculum assessments at key stage 2.
Colleges put at heart of drive to get young people learning
Education Secretary calls on colleges to work with government to get today’s 16-18s not currently in education back in and re-engaged
Speech at Association of Colleges conference
In her speech, the Education Secretary calls on colleges to work with government to get today’s 16-18s not currently in education back in and re-engaged.
Guidance: National school breakfast programme: secondary school support grant
Information for schools and local authorities on funding for the national school breakfast programme secondary school support grant.
Guidance: 16 to 18 qualifications, discount codes and point scores
Approved 16 to 18 qualifications, discount codes and point scores for reporting in the 2018 to 2028 school and college performance measures.
Guidance: Managing risk in international education partnerships and overseas operations
Guidance for UK education providers and organisations forming partnerships with foreign entities or delivering education services or research overseas.
Post-16 level 2 and 3 qualifications 2028: science
Give your views on proposed content for new science V Levels and Foundation Certificates for teaching from September 2028.
Post-16 level 2 and 3 qualifications 2028: health and care
Give your views on proposed content for new health and care V Levels, Foundation Certificates and Occupational Certificates for teaching from September 2028.
Reception quality webinar series
Series of webinars on RISE reception quality in schools led by senior education sector experts.
Accredited official statistics: Children looked after in England including adoptions, year ending 31 March 2026
Statistics on looked-after children at national and local authority level for the year ending 31 March 2026.
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Accredited official statistics: Children looked after in England including adoptions, year ending 31 March 2027
Statistics on looked-after children at national and local authority level for the year ending 31 March 2027.
Accredited official statistics: Early years foundation stage profile results: 2026 to 2027
Statistics on early years foundation stage profile assessments in England, including on the 7 areas of learning and the 17 early learning goals.
Official Statistics: Multiplication tables check attainment: 2027
Information on the 2026 multiplication tables check, including breakdowns by pupil characteristics, at national and local authority level.
Accredited official statistics: Apprenticeships: November 2027
Apprenticeships statistics covering the full 2026 to 2027 academic year in England, with additional official statistics relevant to the apprenticeship service.
Accredited official statistics: Further education and skills: November 2027
Statistics covering further education and skills summary data, including apprenticeships and detailed non-apprenticeship adult further education, in England for the 2026 to 2027 academic year.
Accredited official statistics: Suspensions and permanent exclusions: Autumn 2026/27
Levels of suspensions and permanent exclusions by school type in autumn 2026/27, including information on reasons for suspensions and permanent exclusions.
Accredited official statistics: 16 to 19 performance: 2027 (provisional)
Performance data by age 16-19 in England. Includes qualification type, characteristic, geographic, provider, and subject breakdowns.
Official Statistics: Further education outcomes: 2024 to 2025
Statistics on the employment, earnings and learning outcomes of further education learners.
Accredited official statistics: Education and training statistics for the UK: 2027
Data on schools, attainment, qualifications gained, education expenditure, further education and higher education in the UK.
Strengthened guidance to take the next leap to phone-free schools
Children will benefit from distraction-free learning under strengthened mobile phone guidance.
Transparency data: RISE programme: lists of advisers and targeted schools
Schools currently receiving targeted intervention through the regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE) programme and the list of RISE advisers.
Guidance: RISE: West Midlands
The regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE) programme for the West Midlands, including the regional plan and available support.