The DfE have published (April 2025) the new School Estate Management Standards. They provide a clear framework to help school leaders and estates management professionals manage their school estates well.

The 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