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The Month of the Military Child each April celebrates Service children.
You can apply for a Parent of a Child Student visa if your child attends an independent school in the UK.
Check if you're automatically a British citizen - it depends on where and when you were born and your parents' immigration status.
If you're a sperm donor, you could be the legal parent of any child that is born
Parents can use this form to record an agreement that the biological father should be granted parental responsibility for the child.
Guide for parents and legal guardians about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
Apply for financial help to pay for university, higher and further education if one of your parents died while serving in the armed forces - who can apply, how much you can get, how to apply, how long it takes
Child Benefit if your child dies or the claimant dies - report the death, when to make a new claim, arrears
This guidance outlines options to consider and who to contact if your child has been taken or kept abroad by their other parent or a relative without your permission.
Advice for state-funded school admission authorities, independent schools, local authorities and parents.
Guidance for sponsors about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
Blogs where government organisations talk about their work and share information and ideas.
Parents can get in trouble with the law if their child gets arrested - find out about parenting programmes, Parenting Contracts and Parenting Orders
Form to register a child under 18 as a British Overseas citizen: form MN3.
What to do if you are asked to look after your guest's child or children unexpectedly. This could include if your guest needs to leave the country, or travel separately.
Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
The Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme, also known as Sarah’s Law, lets those who care for young people find out if a person has a record for child sexual offences.
What to do if you need to get child maintenance and one of the parents lives abroad.
Three pieces of research to understand the barriers to progression faced by women in the workplace and what works for employers to overcome them.
Guidance for councils about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
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