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The Department for Education is responsible for children’s services and education, including early years, schools, higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England. DfE is a ministerial department, supported by 18 agencies and public bodies .
Includes student loans, admissions and apprenticeships
Find and apply for a further or adult education course and work out what financial help you can get
Further education (FE) includes any study after secondary education that’s…
Use the National Careers Service course search to find further education…
If you’re aged 16 or 17 you can study a further education (FE) course:…
You may be able to get help with the costs of: your course day-to-day…
The English national curriculum means children in different schools (at primary and secondary level) study the same subjects to similar standards - it's split into key stages with tests
Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
Sending a child to school, financial support, dealing with the school
Find out how VAT applies to education, research, vocational training, examination services and goods and services connected with these activites.
Find and apply for a college or university course - full time, part time, post graduate, UCAS, Unistats, National Careers Service, Open University, CUKAS
Information, guidance and support for teachers and leaders on educating pupils and students who are remote learning in schools and further education.
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