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Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints.
If you live in England contact your local council to find: state-funded…
All schools have admission criteria to decide which children get places.…
Most children start reception full-time in September after their fourth…
Follow your local council’s application process to: apply for a primary…
If your child does not have a place, contact your local council for…
You’ll be sent a letter with the decision about your child’s school. If…
You can complain about the way the appeal was carried out, but you can not…
For the first time, over 1.2 million ‘eligible’ non-household customers in England can choose their water supplier (from 3 April 2017).
When applying to register a trade mark, you must use the classification system to specify the goods and/or services you'll be using it on.
Choose a unique name that people will remember when they want to make a donation or to volunteer.
Decide whether to set up a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO), a charitable company or an unincorporated association or trust.
Find out what you should look for if you want a tax agent to interact with HMRC on your behalf.
Find out about residential and nursing care homes, paying for care homes and how to choose a care home.
How to choose data tools and infrastructure that are flexible, scalable, sustainable and secure.
Find out what a .gov.uk Approved Registrar does, how to choose one and information about pricing.
Patients will be given more choice and greater control over their own care, including through the NHS App.
How to use a quasi-experimental study to evaluate your digital health product.
Workplace pensions - your employer's responsibilities to you to provide a workplace pension and what automatic enrolment means to you
When you need to attend a citizenship ceremony - how to book, how much it costs, what happens during the ceremony.
Search for a personalised number plate registration and buy it from DVLA online or at auction
Use this guidance to make sure that you choose an appropriate .gov.uk domain name.
Working time directive and maximum weekly working hours including how to calculate your weekly working hours and working time limits if you're a young worker.
Help someone make decisions if they appoint you or if they lack mental capacity - includes using a power of attorney, becoming a deputy and getting a one-off Court of Protection ruling
Get a private number plate for your vehicle - buy a number plate, transfer a number plate
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