Policy Threads

Elective Home Education Guidance

The Department for Education is developing guidance and legislative frameworks for elective home education, including registration requirements, local authority visit limits, and support mechanisms for home-educated children. The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill proposes a 15-day visit limit for local authority oversight. This reform aims to balance parental choice with safeguarding and educational standards.

6 Jul 2023 | Announcement Department for Education linked

Academies Commissioning Guidance

UIN: HCWS918 Today my Noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System and Student Finance (Baroness Barran), has made the following statement. Today, 6 July, the Department for Education has published the guidance document, “Commissionin...

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6 Jul 2023 | Announcement Department for Education linked

Academies Commissioning Guidance

UIN: HLWS905 Today, 6 July, the Department for Education has published the guidance document, “Commissioning High-Quality Trusts: How the Department for Education’s Regions Group takes decisions about the creation, consolidation and growth of academy trusts”. The guid...

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23 May 2023 | Announcement Department for Education linked

Tutoring Update

UIN: HCWS798 The Department for Education will today announce the arrangements for the fourth and final year of the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) in England, which starts in September 2023. The NTP makes available subsidised tutoring for schools as part …

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13 May 2020 | Announcement Department for Education linked

Education and childcare settings update

UIN: HLWS232 My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education (Gavin Williamson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.This week I have published guidance to set out how we will support early years, schools and colleges to welcome …

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