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How schools should setup a Microsoft Windows laptop or tablet before lending the device to a child, family or young person.
You can ask the police to check if someone that has contact with a child has a record of sexual offences.
What happens if your child cannot go to school for health reasons - responsibilities of the local council and school and how medical needs are handled at school
This guide is to help you and your business understand issues around data protection and privacy. It is intended for organisations that provide online services likely to be accessed by children.
Guidance for sponsors about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
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
This guide is to help you and your business understand how to establish a safe environment for children to positively interact with each other.
What happens when a child is taken into care - who is responsible for what, care proceedings, care orders, going to court and the role of Cafcass
Use the online service to tell the Child Benefit Office about changes to your child's circumstances.
Your rights and the support you can get if you have a disabled child, including childcare, car costs, house adaptations and education
The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, adoption court orders, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents.
Child Trust Fund accounts - find a lost account, how to make payments, managing the account
The law does not say an age when you can leave a child on their own, but it's an offence to leave a child alone if it puts them at risk
The rules for child car seats and booster seats - height, weight, age, type of vehicle, car, minibus, licensed taxi
Schools are responsible for your child's safety while they're at school or on a school trip
Services and care available through the NHS for children.
Information for existing and new Universal Credit claimants with more than 2 children.
What to do if you need to get child maintenance and one of the parents lives abroad.
Find out how to apply to become a child's special guardian.
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