What maintained schools must publish online
The DfE's list of what maintained schools must or should publish online, item by item. See what each requirement asks for and when it's due. We track every change the DfE makes.
Official source: What maintained schools must or should publish online ↗ · Last updated 24 October 2024
27 requirements
- 16 to 18 resultsMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.If your school has a sixth form, your website needs your latest 16 to 18 results, using the figures from the DfE's performance tables.By 1 January each year
- Admission appeals timetableMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.If your school is its own admission authority, your website needs your appeals timetable each year, from the deadline to lodge an appeal to when decisions are sent.By 28 February each year
- Admission arrangementsMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.If your school is its own admission authority, your website needs your admission arrangements for this year and next: your admission number, how you allocate places when oversubscribed and how to apply.By 15 March each year
- Behaviour policyMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.Your behaviour policy explains how you encourage good behaviour, tackle bullying and use sanctions, and your approach to mobile phones.Every September
- Careers programme informationMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.If your school has pupils in years 7 to 13, this is a summary of your careers programme, with your careers leader's contact details and how pupils and parents can find out more.Every September
- Charging and remissions policyMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.Your charging and remissions policy says what you charge for, such as trips and music lessons, and when charges are reduced or waived.Keep it up to date
- Complaints procedureMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.Your complaints procedure explains how anyone, not just parents, can make a complaint and how you'll handle it.Keep it up to date
- Contact detailsMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.Your school's address and phone number, who handles enquiries from parents and the public, your headteacher and your SENCO.Keep it up to date
- Curriculum informationMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.What you teach in each subject and year group, including religious education, not just your general approach.Keep it up to date
- Equality information and objectivesMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.Your website needs yearly equality information, plus specific, measurable equality objectives that you renew at least every four years.Every year
- Ethos and values statementShould: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.A short statement of your school's ethos and values, written for parents and anyone else reading your website.Keep it up to date
- Financial benchmarking linkMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.If yours is a maintained school, your website needs a link to your school's page on the DfE's schools financial benchmarking service.Keep it up to date
- Governance informationMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.Your website needs details of your governing board, including who sits on it, how it's set up, who appointed each member, their attendance and their interests.Every September
- Key stage 2 resultsMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.If your school has key stage 2 pupils, your website needs your latest key stage 2 results, using the figures from the DfE's performance tables.By 1 January each year
- Key stage 4 resultsShould: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.If your school has key stage 4 pupils, your website needs your latest GCSE results, including Progress 8 and Attainment 8, using the figures from the DfE's performance tables.By 1 January each year
- Local authority admissions linkMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.If your council runs your school's admissions, your website needs a link to the council's admission arrangements, saying which admission year they cover.By 15 March each year
- Music development plan summaryShould: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.A summary of your music development plan for each academic year, using the DfE template.Every September
- Ofsted reportMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.Your latest Ofsted report, or a link to it on the Ofsted website.Keep it up to date
- PE and sport premium reportMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.If your school receives the PE and sport premium, your website needs a yearly report on how much you received, how you spent it, the difference it made and year 6 swimming results.By 31 July each year
- Performance tables linkMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.For every school except nursery schools, this is a link to your school's own page on the DfE's compare school and college performance service.Keep it up to date
- Provider access policy statementMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.If your school has pupils in years 8 to 13, your website needs a statement on how colleges, training providers and apprenticeship providers can come in to talk to them.Keep it up to date
- Pupil premium strategy statementMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.If your school receives pupil premium, your website needs this year's strategy statement in the DfE template, showing how you spend it and the difference it makes.By 31 December each year
- Relationships and sex education policyMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.Your website needs your relationships education, or relationships and sex education, policy, including how parents can withdraw their child from sex education.Keep it up to date
- Remote education informationShould: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.What pupils get if they can't come to school, and how you'll teach them remotely.Keep it up to date
- Right to withdraw from REShould: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.Parents' right to withdraw their child from all or part of religious education and collective worship, and how to ask.Keep it up to date
- School opening hoursShould: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.The start and end times of your compulsory school day, and the total hours in a typical week, including breaks.Keep it up to date
- Staff paid £100,000 or moreMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.Your website needs the number of staff paid £100,000 or more, in £10,000 bands, counting anyone paid through off-payroll arrangements.By 31 January each year
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