Department for Education (DfE)

Gillian is currently serving as Secretary of State for Education.

The Minister’s responsibilities include:

early years and childcare
children’s social care
teacher quality, recruitment and retention
the school curriculum
school improvement
academies and free schools
further education
apprenticeships and skills
higher education

Department for Education (DfE)

Gillian is currently serving as Secretary of State for Education. The Minister’s responsibilities include: early years and childcare children’s social care teacher quality, recruitment and retention the school curriculum school improvement academies and free schools further education appr

Guidance: SLASC 2023: technical specification

Technical specification and validation rules describing the requirements for the school-level annual school census (SLASC) 2023.

Information in Ofqual’s Register of Regulated Qualifications

Information in Ofqual’s Register of Regulated Qualifications that we will use to review your qualification for funding approval.

Registration forms

Forms to tell us that you intend to submit an alternative academic qualification or technical qualification as part of the approval process.

Contact us

How you can get in touch if you have any questions about the funding approval criteria or the process to approve qualifications for funding.

Press release: Funding boost to support more young people to progress in education

Increase in funding worth an additional £125 million for 16-19 education for school sixth forms, colleges and other providers next year.

Correspondence: Revised financial notice to improve: Northern College

A financial notice to improve issued to Northern College by the Department for Education.

Consultation outcome: Access to schools for education and training providers

We’d like your views on proposed changes to the statutory guidance for schools on access to education and training providers.

Statutory guidance: Careers guidance and access for education and training providers

Statutory guidance for schools and colleges on providing careers guidance.

Press release: Careers boost for young people

Primary school pupils to benefit from careers support and change to law will give more young people access to advice about technical educati

Guidance: Apply to open a free school in Kingston upon Thames

Sets out the process to apply to set up a new primary free school in Kingston upon Thames.