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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…
Find out how VAT applies to education, research, vocational training, examination services and goods and services connected with these activites.
Statistics on education and training in the UK, including schools, post compulsory education, qualifications and education expenditure.
Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
Action to tackle the learning crisis; prioritising effective teaching and education systems, and renewed focus on poor and marginalised children.
Sixth form, further education (like college), higher education (like university), apprenticeships and skills based training available.
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) is an executive agency of the Department for Education (DfE) responsible for funding education and skills providers in England. ESFA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Education .
Search for a job in teaching or education in England, including jobs in leadership, education support and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
A competition to support expansion and replication of promising models on non-state education provision for the poorest
How eligible providers of full-time online education can apply to join the DfE accreditation scheme.
Information on the EFA regional contractors framework and related documents
Policy documents, support and guidance for education providers on the use of technology in education.
Information for schools and school buying professionals on sourcing resources to help deliver remote education.
Sending a child to school, financial support, dealing with the school
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
Find and apply for a college or university course - full time, part time, post graduate, UCAS, Unistats, National Careers Service, Open University, CUKAS
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