
Documents from DfE:
- The Governance handbook (link)
- Keeping children safe in education 2025 (pdf)
- Working together to safeguard children: an illustrated guide for children, young people and their families (pdf)
- Ofsted school inspection handbook – updated September 2025 (link)
- Education inspection framework – updated September 2025 (link)
- Working together to safeguard children 2023: statutory guidance (pdf)
- Relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education (link)
- Changes to statutory guidance: working together to safeguard children government consultation response (pdf)
- Schools: statutory guidance from the DfE (link)
- The Statutory policies for schools and academies (link)
- The national curriculum in England (pdf)
- What maintained schools must publish online (link)
- Local authority interactive tool (LAIT) (link)
- SEND code of practice (link)
- Sustainability and climate change: a strategy for the education and children’s services systems (link)
- School estate management standards (link)
Documents from other sources:
- Keeping children safe in education 2025 summary by NGA (link)
- Keeping children safe in education 2022-2025 summary by NSPCC (pdf)
- Keeping Children Safe, Helping Families Thrive summary (docx)
- Vulnerability of children not in school (DCC) (pdf)
- A Glossary of Abbreviations used in Education (docx)
- Effective School Groups: Inclusion and Attainment Metrics tool (link)
- SIAMS Framework 2023 (pdf)
- Growing Faith: resource pack for churches and schools 2022 (Diocese of Derby) (link)
DDSCP Briefing Notes:
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- DDSCP Safeguarding Update 1st November 2024 (PDF document)
- DDSCP Safeguarding Update 19th December 2024 (Word document)
- DDSCP Safeguarding National Update 19th December 2024 (Word document)
- DDSCP Safeguarding Update 17th February 2025 (Word document)
- DDSCP Safeguarding Update 7th March 2025 (Word document)
- DDSCP Safeguarding Update 8th April 2025 (Word document)
- DDSCP Safeguarding Update 6th May 2025 (Word document)
- DDSCP Safeguarding Update 9th July 2025 (PDF document)
- DDSCP Safeguarding Update 27th August 2025 (Word document)
- DDSCP Safeguarding Update 10th October 2025 (Word document)
- DDSCP Safeguarding Update 31st October 2025 (Word document)
- DDSCP Safeguarding Update 21st November 2025 (Word document)
Tools and statistics:
- DfE statistics and data
- Schools financial benchmarking
- Local authority interactive tool (LAIT)
- Local Authority School Places Scorecards (Derbyshire)
- Compare the performance of schools and colleges in England
- Information about Schools
- DfE Pupil Attendance reports
- International comparisons of education
- Institute for Government Performance Tracker
