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The age you can leave school in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Advice for state-funded school admission authorities, independent schools, local authorities and parents.
You can be prosecuted if your child has unauthorised absence from school - truancy, help with getting your child to school, and legal action to enforce school attendance
You must make sure your child gets a full-time education that meets their…
If you’re having trouble getting your child to go to school, the school…
Local councils and schools can use various legal powers if your child is…
New age ratings to be introduced on Relationships, Sex and Health Education content in schools to ensure it is appropriately and sensitively taught.
Leaving foster or local council care - support from your council, review meetings and financial help
Use the online service (CH459) to tell the Child Benefit Office that your child aged 16 or over has left approved education or training.
Guidance for schools on writing statutory end of year reports for parents.
Follow these steps once you have decided to leave your course to avoid getting a further student finance payment.
Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs
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 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
Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) - support your child can get at school and how to apply for an education, health and care (EHC) plan
Eligible chemistry, languages, mathematics and physics teachers can apply for early-career payments between September and March.
You must stop your student finance when you suspend or leave your course early - find out when and how to repay your Maintenance Loan, including overpayments.
Child Benefit for 16 to 19 year olds - when payments stop or continue, approved education or training, extensions.
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
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
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