Guidance for health and safety, safeguarding, schools finance and SEND
National and local guidance for schools is available for schools.
Health and safety guidance
For national guidance on health and safety, visit Health and safety: advice for schools on GOV.UK.
For local guidance visit our Health and safety web page.
Safeguarding guidance
For national statutory guidance on safeguarding, including safer recruitment and child welfare, visit Keeping children safe in education on GOV.UK.
For local guidance on safeguarding, visit our Safeguarding section.
Schools finance guidance
For national guidance about school finance, visit Schools financial value standard (SFVS) and assurance statement on GOV.UK.
For local guidance on school finance, visit our School finance section.
SEND guidance
For a high-level summary of SEND statutory guidance, types of needs, Essex processes and provisions, use our online Governors Guide to SEND in Essex handbook.