Guidance

School estate management standards

The standards set out practices and processes required to effectively manage the school estate.

Applies to England

Documents

Details

These documents are useful if you have responsibility for overseeing or managing the school estate. This includes:

  • proprietors, leaders and governors of schools
  • charity trustees of academies and academy trusts
  • trustees of schools
  • school business professionals
  • those with responsibility for the day-to-day running of the school estate
  • local authorities
  • diocesan authorities and other religious authorities and bodies

They will allow schools to:

  • understand the principles from baseline to advanced
  • clarify what ‘effective’ means in practice
  • identify gaps
  • plan and prioritise their own journey

Updates to this page

Published 23 April 2025

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