Teacher guidance: plain-English summaries
The official guidance school staff in England must follow, summarised in our own words, with the current version, dates and a link to the full document.
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We add a summary only after checking its version and dates against the official page. More summaries (SEND, attendance, behaviour, Teachers' Standards and the other UK nations and the US) are being checked.
Not legal advice – always follow your school's policy and the current official document.
The summary is written by Classfern in our own words; no text is copied from the guidance. The document itself is published by the Department for Education under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Classfern is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Department for Education.