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Links to important Documents

Dept for Education

2024

Keeping Children Safe in Education (Updated Sept 2024)

Working Together to Improve School Attendance – (August 2024)

Reasonable Force, Restraint and Restrictive Practices in Alternative Provision and Special Schools (March 2024)

2023

Working together to improve school attendance (Guidance) May 2022 (updated 18/4/2023)

Suspension and Permanent Exclusion from maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units in England, including pupil movement Guidance for maintained schools, academies, and pupil referral units in England May 2023 From Sept 2023

Statutory Framework for the Early Years From Sept 2023

Development Matters Revised Sept 2023

2022

EYFS Profile 2023 Handbook (October 2022)

Suspension and Permanent Exclusion from maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units in England, including pupil movement Guidance for maintained schools, academies, and pupil referral units in England (September 2022)

Engagement Model (updated 10/10/22)

SEND review 2022

DfE approved phonics programmes (Updated 28/4/22)

Development Matters (revised July 2021)

Early Years Foundation Stage Profile handbook

Statutory Framework for Early Years Foundation Stage (March 2021 effective Sept 2021)

Updated Teacher Standards (13/12/21)

Positive Environments Were Children Can Flourish (updated 6/10/21)

School Inspection Framework from Sept 2021 (updated Oct 2021)

EYFS Statutory Framework from Sept 2021

EYFS Profile 2022 Handbook (updated Oct 2021)

The Engagement Model Updated July 2021

2020

Working Together to Safeguard Children Updated December 2020

What maintained schools should publish online August 2020

Keeping Children Safe in Education September 2019 (17th June 2020) June 2020

2019

Reducing the need for restraint and restrictive intervention – June 2019

Inspecting the curriculum Revising inspection methodology to support the education inspection framework May 2019

Education Inspection Framework May 2019

The Timpson Review of School Exclusions and Government response May/June 2019

2018

Pre Key Stage 1 Assessment from 2018 onwards

Mental Health and Behaviour in Schools: Non Statutory Guidance 12th November 2018

DFE Update: SEND Provision 29/3/18

SEND Tribunal Extended Powers National Trial dated: March 2018

2017

Supported internships 2014 Revised June 2017

P Levels 1-4 for use from 2018 onwards June 2017

2016

Link to DFE Behaviour and Discipline in Schools 2016

2015

SEN Code of Practice dated: January 2015

2014

The Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014 (to be update Sept 2024 to reflect new SENDCo qualification rules)