Tracking down government guidance, or even knowing what guidance exists, is often far more difficult than it should be, so it was very pleasing to discover the Department for Education has put its into the following comprehensive lists:
- Statutory (i.e. compulsory) guidance publications for schools and local authorities
- Advice (i.e. non-statutory) publications for schools and local authorities
- Statutory and non-statutory guidance on running early years settings and Sure Start centres
In the same helpful vein, the Department last week published “Statutory policies for schools” which sets out all of the policies and documents that governing bodies and proprietors of schools are required to have by law. This also makes clear which types of schools have to have which policies, how often each policy must be reviewed and (where prescribed) the level of approval required for each.