COVID-19 DfE School Guidance

The Department for Education has been providing schools and educational settings with guidance during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic.

Here are the recent announcements by date relating to Coronavirus (COVID-19), only showing the most recent link for regularly updated documents and guidance:

Guidance issued on 01 July 2022:

• COVID-19 12 to 15 vaccination programme funding for schools: conditions of funding
• CO2 monitor and air cleaning unit survey responses and applications for air cleaning units

Guidance issued on 30 June 2022:

• Delivery of air cleaning units and CO2 monitors until 24 June 2022

Guidance issued on 28 June 2022:

• Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Guidance issued on 24 June 2022:

• School-led tutoring year-end statement
• Get help with technology for remote education
• Replace faulty devices: guidance for schools and local authorities
• Managing your 4G wireless routers

Guidance issued on 14 June 2022:

• Induction for newly qualified teachers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Guidance issued on 7^th June 2022:

• Recovery premium funding

Guidance issued on 31 May 2022:

• Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Guidance issued on 26 May 2022:

• National tutoring programme (NTP)
• School-led tutoring grant
• Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2021
• Education recovery funding doubles for secondary schools
• Recovery premium funding

Guidance issued on 12 May 2022:

• Delivery of air cleaning units and CO2 monitors until 6 May 2022

Guidance issued on 6 May 2022:

• School attendance: guidance for schools

Guidance issued on 20 April 2022:

• School-led tutoring grant

Guidance issued on 19 April 2022:

• Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Guidance issued on 12 April 2022:

• Everything you need to know about Covid measures during exams this summer
• Reported COVID-19 notifications by registered early years and childcare settings

Guidance issued on 13 April 2022:

• Education recovery support

Guidance issued on 05 April 2022:

• Laptops, tablets and connectivity progress data during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Get help with technology for remote education

Guidance issued on 01 April 2022:

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): school and college performance measures
• Responsibility for exams
• Emergency planning and response for education, childcare, and children’s social care settings

Guidance issued on 31 March 2022:

• National Tutoring Programme: courses started and schools participating up to March 2022
• National Tutoring Programme simplified to reach as many pupils as possible
• The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent mental health
• Summer schools: final report

Guidance issued on 30 March 2022:

• Providing remote education: guidance for schools

Guidance issued on 29 March 2022:

• Early career teacher (ECT) induction: coronavirus (COVID-19) absence exemption

Induction for newly qualified teachers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Guidance issued on 25 March 2022:

• Ofqual: rolling update
• Pupil absence in schools in England: 2020 to 2021
• Statistics: pupil absence

Guidance issued on 23 March 2022:

• Education Secretary delivers speech at BETT show

Guidance issued on 22 March 2022:

• Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Guidance issued on 21st March 2022:

• Tuition partners
• Academic Mentors

Guidance issued on 16 March 2022:

• Tuition partners
• Academic Mentors
• Delivery of air cleaning units until 11 March 2022

Guidance issued on 15 March 2022:

• National tutoring programme (NTP)

Guidance issued on 11 March 2022:

• Academic mentors programme grant: conditions of funding
• One million tutoring courses delivered to help children catch up
• Education Secretary promises to harness ‘energy and expertise’ of teachers

Guidance issued on 08 March 2022:

• Laptops, tablets and connectivity progress data during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: 23 March 2020 to 3 March 2022

Guidance issued on 04 March 2022:

• School attendance: guidance for schools

Guidance issued on 02 March 2022:

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): test kits for schools and FE providers
• ESFA Update

Guidance issued on 01 March 2022:

• School-led tutoring grant
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) no recourse to public funds: free school meals

Guidance issued on 28 February 2022:

• Apply for a role in the early years COVID-19 recovery experts and mentors programme
• Ofqual: rolling update
• COVID-19 Schools Infection Survey, England: pupil antibody data, November to December 2021
• COVID-19 Schools Infection Survey, England: mental health and long COVID, November to December 2021

Guidance issued on 25 February 2022:

• What parents and carers need to know about early years providers, schools and colleges during COVID-19
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for children’s social care services
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): assessment processes for selective school admissions
• Additional actions for childminders during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
• Managing coronavirus (COVID-19) in education and childcare settings
• Special schools and other specialist settings: coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Protective measures for holiday or after-school clubs and other out-of-school settings for children during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Guidance for parents and carers of children attending out-of-school settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Responsibility for exams
• Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak

Guidance issued on 22 February 2022:

• Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Guidance issued on 21 February 2022:

• Childcare providers no longer required to tell Ofsted about confirmed COVID-19 cases

Guidance issued on 18 February 2022:

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): school and college performance measures
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce fund for schools
• Delivery of air cleaning units until 11 February 2022

Guidance issued on 16 February 2022:

Pupils’ progress in the 2020 to 2021 academic year

Guidance issued on 10 February 2022:

• COVID-19 12 to 15 vaccination programme funding for schools: conditions of funding

Guidance issued on 09 February 2022:

• Academic mentors

Guidance issued on 08 February 2022:

• Laptops, tablets and connectivity progress data during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
• State of the nation 2021: children and young people’s wellbeing

Guidance issued on 07 February 2022:

• Revision help for students published for summer exams
• Changes to the school admission appeals code
• Subject-by-subject support for GCSE, AS and A level students in 2022
• Additional help for students taking exams in summer 2022: postcard
• Reported COVID-19 notifications by registered early years and childcare settings

Guidance issued on 04 February 2022:

• Get help with technology: conditions of internet access and device grants

Guidance issued on 03 February 2022:

• Extension of the trust and school improvement offer to any school or trust that would benefit from it due to disruption caused by COVID-19
• COVID-19 12 to 15 vaccination programme funding for schools: conditions of funding

Guidance issued on 02 February 2022:

• ESFA Update

Guidance issued on 31 January 2022:

• Transport to schools and colleges during the COVID-19 pandemic

Guidance issued on 21 January 2022:

• Managing coronavirus (COVID-19) in education and childcare settings

Guidance issued on 20 January 2022:

• What parents and carers need to know about early years providers, schools and colleges during COVID-19
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for children’s social care services
• Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Responsibility for exams

Guidance issues on 19 January 2022:

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): assessment processes for selective school admissions
• Providing apprenticeships during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
• Protective measures for holiday or after-school clubs and other out-of-school settings for children during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Guidance for parents and carers of children attending out-of-school settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Special schools and other specialist settings: coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak
• Ofqual: rolling update

Guidance issued on 18 January 2022:

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) 2021 qualifications fund for schools and colleges

Guidance issued on 13 January 2022:

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce fund for schools

Guidance issues on 12 January 2022:

• Additional actions for childminders during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
• Number of ex-teachers joining the school workforce: 2021 to 2022
• Government supporting schools and colleges to provide face-to-face learning for millions of children and young people
• National school breakfast club programme

Guidance issued on 11 January 2022:

• Hundreds of thousands of pupils benefit from tutoring
• Laptops, tablets and connectivity progress data during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
• National tutoring programme: courses started
• School recovery strategies: year 1 findings
• Ventilating classrooms to reduce the spread of Covid 19 doesn’t mean pupils need to be cold – here’s why

Guidance issued on 07 January 2022:

• Get help with technology for remote education
• Managing coronavirus (COVID-19) in education and childcare settings
• Special schools and other specialist settings: coronavirus (COVID-19)

Guidance issues on 06 January 2022:

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for children’s social care services
• Guidance for parents and carers of children attending out-of-school settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Protective measures for holiday or after-school clubs and other out-of-school settings for children during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• School attendance: guidance for schools
• Transport to schools and colleges during the COVID-19 pandemic
• What parents and carers need to know about early years providers, schools and colleges during COVID-19

Guidance issued on 05 January 2022:

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): assessment processes for selective school admissions
• Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak
• Evidence summary: COVID-19 – children, young people and education settings

Guidance issued on 03 January 2022:

• Testing measures to ensure young people return to classrooms

Guidance issued on 02 January 2022:

• More support to keep pupils in the classroom
• Special schools and other specialist settings: coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Guidance for parents and carers of children attending out-of-school settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Protective measures for holiday or after-school clubs and other out-of-school settings for children during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Critical workers and vulnerable children who can access schools or educational settings
• Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): assessment processes for selective school admissions
• What parents and carers need to know about early years providers, schools and colleges during COVID-19
• Responsibility for exams

Guidance issues on 29 December 2021:

• Reported COVID-19 notifications by registered early years and childcare settings

Guidance issued on 21 December 2021:

• General Qualifications Alternative Awarding Framework

Guidance issued on 20 December 2021:

• Education Secretary calls for ex-teachers to return to classrooms
• Ofqual: rolling update

Guidance issued on 17 December 2021:

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) recovery premium funding: allocations
• School-led tutoring: guidance and tracker tool

Guidance issued on 16 December 2021:

• School attendance: guidance for schools
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce fund for schools

Guidance issued on 15 December 2021:

• ESFA Update
• Managing coronavirus (COVID-19) in education and childcare settings

Guidance issued on 14 December 2021:

• Managing coronavirus (COVID-19) in education and childcare settings
• Transport to schools and colleges during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Laptops, tablets and connectivity data as of 14 December 2021
• Laptops, tablets and connectivity progress data during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Guidance issued 09 December 2021:

• Guidance for schools: coronavirus (COVID-19)

Guidance issued on 02 December 2021:

• Guidance for parents and carers of children attending out-of-school settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Protective measures for holiday or after-school clubs and other out-of-school settings for children during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Special schools and other specialist settings: coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Responsibility for exams
• Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak
• CO2 monitors: cumulative delivery statistics up to 26 November 2021

Guidance issued on 01 December 2021:

• ESFA Update
• Get help with technology: conditions of internet access and device grants

Guidance issued on 30 November 2021:

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce fund for schools
• Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Guidance issued on 29 November 2021:

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) 2021 qualifications fund for schools and colleges
• Transport to schools and colleges during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Reported COVID-19 notifications by registered early years and childcare settings

Guidance issued on 23 November 2021:

Coronavirus (COVID-19) mass testing funding for schools and colleges

Guidance issued on 18 November 2021:

• CO2 monitors: cumulative delivery statistics up to 12 November 2021

Guidance issued on 17 November 2021:

• ESFA Update
• Education staff wellbeing charter

Guidance issued on 16 November 2021:

• Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
• The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advice
• Reported COVID-19 notifications by registered early years and childcare settings
• Managing coronavirus (COVID-19) in education and childcare settings
• Teaching a broad and balanced curriculum for education recovery

Guidance issued on 31 October 2021:

• Reported coronavirus (COVID-19) notifications by registered early years and childcare settings

Guidance issued on 29 October 2021:

• Pupils and their parents or carers: omnibus survey
• School snapshot survey: COVID-19
• Early education and development: Coronavirus (COVID-19) study
• School snapshot panel: COVID-19
• Get help with technology: conditions of internet access and device grants

Guidance issued on 28 October 2021:

• Open letter from Secretary of State for Education to parents and carers on vaccinations

Guidance issued on 27 October 2021:

• All schools and colleges to receive extra funding for catch up
• ESFA Update

Guidance issued on 22 October 2021:

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): financial support for education, early years and children’s social care

Guidance issued on 21 October 2021:

• School-led tutoring: guidance and tracker tool
• Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2020 and spring 2021

Guidance issued on 19 October 2021:

• Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
• Providing apprenticeships during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Guidance issued on 14 October 2021:

• Senior mental health lead training

Guidance issued on 13 October 2021:

• ESFA Update
• Priority appeals centre payments
• Managing coronavirus (COVID-19) in education and childcare settings

Guidance issued on 11 October 2021:

• Senior mental health lead training grant funding
• Senior mental health lead training
• Joint letter to parents on vaccination

Guidance issued on 09 October 2021:

• Education Secretary addresses NAHT Conference

Guidance issued on 08 October 2021:

• Senior mental health lead training grant funding

Guidance issued on 06 October 2021:

• Recovery premium funding
• ESFA Update

Guidance issued on 05 October 2021:

• Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
• Providing school meals during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

Guidance issued on 04 October 2021:

• Guidance for schools: coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Reported coronavirus (COVID-19) notifications by registered early years and childcare settings

Guidance issued on 30 September 2021:

• Senior mental health lead training
• Awarding qualifications in summer 2022
• Adaptations in 2022 summer exams to ensure fairness for students
• Proposed changes to the assessment of GCSEs, AS and A levels in 2022
• Ofqual’s approach to grading exams and assessments in summer 2022 and autumn 2021
• Contingency arrangements: GCSE, AS, A level, Project and AEA

Guidance issued on 29 September 2021:

• ESFA Update

Guidance issued on 28 September 2021:

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) National Testing Programme: conditions of grant from August 2021
• School attendance: guidance for schools

Guidance issued on 27 September 2021:

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): test kits for schools and FE providers
• What parents and carers need to know about early years providers, schools and colleges during COVID-19
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for children’s social care services
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) test kits for children’s homes
• Special schools and other specialist settings: coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): assessment processes for selective school admissions
• Responsibility for exams
• Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Protective measures for holiday or after-school clubs and other out-of-school settings for children during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Guidance for parents and carers of children attending out-of-school settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Transport to schools and colleges during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak

Guidance issued on 22 September 2021:

• ESFA Update
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) recovery premium funding

Guidance issued on 21 September 2021:

• Promoting and supporting mental health and wellbeing in schools and colleges
• The Children’s Commissioner’s The Big Ask…and The Big Answer full report and resources
• Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Senior mental health lead training grant funding

Guidance issued on 20 September 2021:

Reported coronavirus (COVID-19) notifications by registered early years and childcare settings

Guidance issued on 18 September 2021:

• Ofqual: rolling update

Letter issued on 16 September 2021:

• letter to education and care professionals from new Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi

Guidance issued on 15 September 2021:

• ESFA Update

Guidance issued on 14 September 2021:

• COVID-19 Response: Autumn and Winter Plan 2021

Guidance issued 13 September 2021:

Coronavirus (COVID-19) summer schools programme funding

Guidance issued on 08 September 2021:

• ESFA Update
• Tuition partners
• Academic mentors
• ESFA extends School Resource Management Adviser programme

Guidance issued 07 September 2021:

• Responsibility for exams

Guidance issued on 06 September 2021:

• Amanda Spielman at researchED National Conference 2021
• Recovery premium funding
• Reported coronavirus (COVID-19) notifications by registered early years and childcare settings

Guidance issued on 03 September 2021:

• Review your remote education provision
• Remote education webinars

Guidance issued on 02 September 2021:

• School-led tutoring: conditions of grant
• Tutoring revolution builds as students return to class
• School-led tutoring grant

Guidance issued on 01 September 2021:

• Keeping children safe in education
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): initial teacher training (ITT)

Guidance issued on  31 August 2021:

• Ofsted’s plans: 2021

Guidance issued on 27 August 2021:

• Special schools and other specialist settings: coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Protective measures for holiday or after-school clubs and other out-of-school settings for children during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak

Guidance issued on 26 August 2021:

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) mass testing funding for schools and colleges
• Remote Education Temporary Continuity (No.2) Direction: explanatory note
• Back to school campaign launches

Guidance issued on 25 August 2021:

• How to complete the educational setting status form

Guidance issued on 23 August 2021:

• All schools to receive carbon dioxide monitors

Guidance issued on 17 August 2021:

• What parents and carers need to know about early years providers, schools and colleges during COVID-19
• Special schools and other specialist settings: coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Protective measures for holiday or after-school clubs and other out-of-school settings for children during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Guidance for parents and carers of children attending out-of-school settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): assessment processes for selective school admissions
• Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Transport to schools and colleges during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Managing coronavirus (COVID-19) in education and childcare settings

Guidance issued on13 August 2021:

• Ofqual: rolling update

Guidance issued on 11 August 2021:

• COVID-19 Schools Infection Survey Round 4 pupil antibodies, England: March 2021
• COVID-19 Schools Infection Survey Round 6, England: June 2021

Guidance issued on 10 August 2021:

• GCSE, AS and A level qualifications in 2021

For guidance issued before this date see our previous news articles on our website. Further advice is also available on the Department for Education website.