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• Guidance: Improve and renew: developing your long-term estates plan

  25-02-2026 13:00 via gov.uk
  Guidance to help schools and colleges plan, prioritise and deliver estate improvements that address condition, suitability, resilience and decarbonisation.
  
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• Ed Davey accuses care home trustee of embezzlement amid watchdog inquiry

  25-02-2026 19:34
  Lib Dem leader says crisis at William Blake House is ‘one of my worst nightmares’ after Guardian revealed inquiry into financesEd Davey has accused a trustee of a learning disability care home of embezzlement and called for watchdogs to take over the charity to resolve a crisis he described as “one my worst nightmares”.The Liberal Democrat leader’s intervention at prime minister’s questions came hours after the Guardian revealed the Charity Commission had open
  
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• Guidance: Commissioning a condition survey for school and college buildings

  25-02-2026 16:24 via gov.uk
  How schools, colleges or their responsible bodies should commission a condition survey and what surveyors should include in the report.
  
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• Correspondence: DfE update 25 February 2026

  25-02-2026 13:42 via gov.uk
  Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.
  
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• Corporate report: Department for Education consolidated annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025

  25-02-2026 13:37 via gov.uk
  A report on DfE expenditure and performance from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, and the core tables and register of interests as of 2025.
  
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• Funding boost to support patients to stay in and return to work

  25-02-2026 13:11 via gov.uk
  Patients will receive better support to help them stay in and get back to work in areas of high economic inactivity.
  
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• Guidance: National leaders of further education: current national leaders

  25-02-2026 12:22 via gov.uk
  The national leaders of further education programme is a source of support to improve quality in further education colleges.
  
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• Sir Kevan Collins appointed as Delivery Adviser to the Secretary of State for Education

  25-02-2026 11:19 via gov.uk
  New Delivery Adviser role to support Schools White Paper delivery, with a focus on SEND reform and local authority engagement.
  
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• Charity watchdog opens inquiry into running of care home for vulnerable adults

  25-02-2026 08:00
  William Blake House paid its chair £1m in fees and is weeks away from possible closure over £1.6m in unpaid tax billCharity watchdogs have launched a formal inquiry into the management of a learning disability care home that paid its chair £1m in fees and is just five weeks away from possible closure over a £1.6m unpaid tax bill.The Charity Commission rapidly upgraded the status of its investigation into allegations of financial mismanagement and poor governance at Willia
  
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• Schools white paper to rewire education transforming life chances

  24-02-2026 17:44 via gov.uk
  Schools white paper will reform deprivation funding for schools to help halve disadvantage gap cutting the link between background and success.
  
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• Better access to GPs with same-day appointments for urgent care

  24-02-2026 17:20 via gov.uk
  Patients to benefit from improved access to GP appointments under new contract backed by nearly £500 million.
  
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• Transparency data: DHSC: workforce management information January 2026

  24-02-2026 13:15 via gov.uk
  Reports on departmental staff numbers and costs.
  
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• Guidance: Doing business with the health sector: a guide for buyers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

  24-02-2026 13:00 via gov.uk
  A clear, practical guide to help buyers and SMEs build a fair, inclusive environment that can deliver better health outcomes and support SME growth.
  
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• Guidance: Deferred payment agreements (DPAs) return, 2025 to 2026

  24-02-2026 12:42 via gov.uk
  Guidance for local authorities on how to complete the deferred payment agreements (DPAs) return for the 2025 to 2026 reporting period.
  
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• Guidance: Ventilation and air quality in education and childcare settings

  24-02-2026 12:29 via gov.uk
  How schools and other education and childcare providers should monitor and manage ventilation and air quality.
  
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• Bridget Phillipson's speech on the schools white paper

  23-02-2026 15:35 via gov.uk
  Bridget Phillipson's speech on the schools white paper, delivered at Ormiston Bushfield Academy in Peterborough
  
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• Radical expansion in rights for children with SEND

  23-02-2026 12:23 via gov.uk
  Radical expansion in rights for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities to transform life chances
  
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• SEND reform: putting children and young people first

  23-02-2026 12:18 via gov.uk
  Proposed changes to improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND, including early, fair support, with shared accountabilities across local partners.
  
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• Transparency data: Schools, school workforce and pupils statistical analysis 2026

  23-02-2026 12:17 via gov.uk
  A range of analysis including headteacher leaving rates, school performance and percentage of pupils identified with special educational needs by year 11.
  
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• Key stage 4 performance measures and targeted RISE extension

  23-02-2026 12:17 via gov.uk
  We are seeking views on proposals to improve key stage 4 academic performance measures and extend targeted RISE to low-attaining schools.
  
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• Independent report: Neurodivergence Task and Finish Group: report

  23-02-2026 12:17 via gov.uk
  The conclusions and recommendations of the independent review into ways to support neurodivergent children and young people in mainstream education settings.
  
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• Guidance: Every child achieving and thriving and SEND consultation supporting information

  23-02-2026 12:17 via gov.uk
  A series of documents setting out the key information and proposed reforms in the schools white paper and SEND consultation document for parents and those working in the sector.
  
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• Policy paper: Every child achieving and thriving

  23-02-2026 12:16 via gov.uk
  Reforms to the schools and SEND systems in England to ensure that every child can achieve and thrive.
  
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• Guidance: School census 2026 to 2027: technical information

  23-02-2026 12:12 via gov.uk
  Technical specification for submitting 2026 to 2027 school census data.
  
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• Specialist SEND support in every school and community

  23-02-2026 10:03 via gov.uk
  Generational reforms to transform outcomes for children with SEND and end one size fits all approach
  
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• More children to be protected from deadly viruses

  22-02-2026 11:00 via gov.uk
  New changes to the GP contract will help protect thousands more children across the country from deadly and highly infectious diseases.
  
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• Patients to benefit from improved access to dental appointments

  21-02-2026 10:00 via gov.uk
  Patients across the country will have better access to NHS dentistry, boosting earlier intervention, prevention and continuity of care.
  
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• PATHWAYS clinical trial paused following new MHRA advice

  20-02-2026 20:56 via gov.uk
  The MHRA have raised new concerns around the PATHWAYS trial looking into the prescription of puberty blockers among young people with gender incongruence.
  
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• Early years initial teacher training (ITT): a guide for providers

  20-02-2026 11:43 via gov.uk
  How initial teacher training providers can recruit and train early years teachers.
  
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• Research: GCSE outcomes for pupils with EHCPs: comparison of mainstream and special schools

  20-02-2026 11:04 via gov.uk
  Analysis of GCSE outcomes for pupils with education, health and care plans (EHCPs) comparing those educated in mainstream schools with those in special schools.
  
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