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Published 28 July 2021
Last updated 27 February 2026
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Added ‘Subcontracting standard oversight arrangements for post-16 providers’ and updated ‘Assurance reviews of subcontracting standards for post-16 providers: framework and guide for reporting accountants’. Removed the ‘DfE subcontracting’ PDF as this is a duplication of the information on the ‘DfE subcontracting’ HTML document.
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Added the date of 31 July 2025 for subcontracting standard audit reports to be submitted using Document Exchange.
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Added assurance reviews of the subcontracting standard for post-16 providers document.
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