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Changes in education 2025/26

Get up to speed on the key changes to government guidance that are likely to affect your school this academic year, and find resources to help you take action.

Updated
on 8 July 2025See updates
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Contents
  1. New inspection framework expected in the autumn
  2. Teachers to receive 4% increase in pay award
  3. Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) and other safeguarding updates
  4. Updated statutory guidance on reasonable force
  5. Academy Trust Handbook (ATH) 2025 published
  6. Updates to the governance guides
  7. Safeguarding changes to EYFS framework
  8. The Children's Wellbeing and Schools bill
  9. Upcoming staffing and employment changes
  10. A new schools white paper

We've summarised the major changes to statutory guidance for the 2025/26 academic year, what's likely to change and what you need to do.

Some of these changes are yet to come into force, or the full details haven't been published yet. Select 'save for later' at the top of this article to get notified when we update it with new information or resources.

New inspection framework expected in the autumn

Ofsted will publish the outcome of its consultation on changes to school inspection in September 2025.

The changes are expected to come into effect in November 2025, and routine inspections will be suspended until then.

The proposed changes to inspection are:

The final update to the inspection