The following Department for Education and Ofsted documents have been selected to support school leaders and governors.

• Ofsted section 5 school inspection handbook. Published 2021.
• Ofsted section 8 school inspection handbook. Published 2021.
• Keeping children safe in education: Statutory guidance for schools and colleges (DfE). Published 2021.
• Inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills setting. Guidance for inspectors carrying out inspections under the education inspection framework from September 2019.
• School attendance: Guidance for maintained schools, academies, independent schools and local authorities (DfE). Published August 2020
• Exclusion from maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units in England Statutory guidance for those with legal responsibilities in relation to exclusion (DfE). Published August 2020.
• What academies, free schools and colleges should publish online (DfE).
• What maintained schools must publish online.