Compliance

Find the latest statutory guidance and understand how it affects your school, from updates to key DfE documents to brand-new legislation

Monday

5th Oct 2026

Reducing the climate impact of school trips
International school leaders in Malaysia and an eco non-profit founder explain how they have empowered students to help reduce carbon impact and why more schools should take up this challenge
Plane with chem trails

Thursday

1st Oct 2026

Heads warn of major threat to government’s work experience plans
School leaders say employers are withdrawing from offering placements amid uncertainty over the impact of new safeguarding changes
Heads warn of major threat to government's work experience plans

Wednesday

30th Sep 2026

DfE faces legal threat over schools’ energy scheme
Energy consultants escalate dispute over new academy trust rules and accuse the DfE of unfairly steering schools away from brokers
Solicitors wig
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Tuesday

29th Sep 2026

MAT executive pay to be linked to Ofsted ratings
DfE publishes detailed framework explaining how its controls on academy executive salaries will work
DfE executive pay framework

Friday

18th Sep 2026

Allergy safety: how to ensure your school complies with the law
This summer, the DfE released new statutory guidance about keeping children with allergies safe. Here, two lawyers explain how to make sure your policies and practices are up to date
School child reaching for an Epi pen

Tuesday

15th Sep 2026

Secondaries gain ‘flexibility’ on school food standards
Government sets out healthy food plans after consultation received mixed views on a range of proposed restrictions
Child looking through cheese slice

Thursday

10th Sep 2026

Early years experts demand ‘urgent review’ of RBA
The Reception Baseline Assessment contradicts the government’s own screen-time guidance for young children, says letter to education secretary
Urgent review of RBA called for

Friday

4th Sep 2026

Revealed: How pupil premium plugs the gaps of ‘state failures’
A Tes investigation exposes the extent to which schools rely on funding for disadvantaged pupils to support children’s most basic needs and fund core staffing
Five pound note with plaster
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Thursday

3rd Sep 2026

Tightened guidance to stop schools ‘dodging’ new uniform law
Prime minister announces crackdown on schools that ‘pressure’ parents into buying branded school uniform
School uniform

Wednesday

26th Aug 2026

Call for schools to ban packed lunches
Schools already have to follow healthier food standards from September, but ‘more draconian’ rules are needed, says Dame Prue Leith
Ban lunch boxes

Tuesday

11th Aug 2026

What new safeguarding rules mean for parent volunteers in schools
From next month, new safeguarding guidance will make it more difficult for people to volunteer in schools to support reading, among other things. Shezleen Salaam explains the impact of the changes
Parents putting their hands up

Wednesday

15th Jul 2026

Most primary schools post pictures of pupils on social media 
However, over a quarter of primaries and one in five secondaries plan to change their picture-sharing policies in the near future, with fears raised over AI deepfakes and extortion
Posting images of pupils
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