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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
Search for a job in teaching or education in England, including jobs in leadership, education support and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Find and apply for a further or adult education course and work out what financial help you can get
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 .
Will help over a million of the world’s poorest girls improve their lives through education.
Policy documents, support and guidance for education providers on the use of technology in education.
Get in touch with the Department for Education (DfE).
Statistics on education and training in the UK, including schools, post compulsory education, qualifications and education expenditure.
The education provision for service children overseas can be categorised as Defence Children Services (DCS) Schools and Settings or non MOD schools locations.
How eligible providers of full-time online education can apply to join the DfE accreditation scheme.
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
Educating your child at home ('home schooling'): when to get permission, telling the school, curriculum, SEN.
The Department for Education’s statutory guidance publications for schools and local authorities.
Find and apply for a college or university course - full time, part time, post graduate, UCAS, Unistats, National Careers Service, Open University, CUKAS
Your responsibilities with your local council if you want to educate your child at home - sometimes called home schooling
A competition to support expansion and replication of promising models on non-state education provision for the poorest
Find out what help you can get to develop a whole school or college approach to mental health and wellbeing.
The Department for Education's (DfE) sustainability leadership and climate action plans initiative.
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