Contact Us

If you have a question for the School Organisation & Competitions Unit which is not answered in the Guidance area or Frequent Questions section on this site, either complete the form below, or write to us at: SOCU, DCSF, Mowden Hall, Darlington DL3 9BG.

If you wish to contact the Schools Adjudicator, see their website. 

Please note that that the SEN & Disability Division can no longer check draft statutory notices made in respect of special schools.  All such checks should, therefore, be directed to the local authority's legal team.  The email address for copies of published Special School Notices to be sent to is: SpecialSchool.Reorganisation@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk.

For general enquiries, or enquiries relating to specific DCSF policies and initiatives, please contact the DCSF Public Enquiry Unit by email: info@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk or call on 0870 000 2288. If you know the name of the person you want to speak to, please call 0870 001 2345. Phone lines are open 9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday. 

Textphone/Minicom (Typetalk) 18001 0870 000 2288
Fax. 01928 794248

To order DCSF publications, contact PROLOG and quote the reference number if available: Email: online.publications@teachernet.gov.uk, Telephone: 0845 600 9506.

The form below is specifically for School Organisation queries: