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Running and managing a school
Governance, school admissions, premises, data collection and censuses, complaints, uniforms, setting up or changing a school's status.
Services
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Apply for a primary school place
Apply for a state primary school place through your local council
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Apply for a secondary school place
Apply for a state secondary school place through your local council
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Schools admissions
Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints
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Complain about a school or childminder
Complain about a school or childminder - complaints process, when to complain to the Department for Education, the Education Funding Agency or Ofsted
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Childcare out of school hours
Childcare for your children before and after school - after-school clubs, breakfast clubs, homework clubs, childminders
Guidance and regulation
News and communications
Research and statistics
- Admissions appeals in England: academic year 2017 to 2018
- Secondary school choice and selection: national preferences data
- Obesity, healthy eating and physical activity in primary schools
- National pupil projections: July 2018
- School workforce in England: November 2017
Policy and engagement
- Increasing flexible working in schools
- Sharing support staff across schools in a multi-academy trust
Transparency
- New school proposals
- Academy sponsor contact list
- South-West England Headteacher Board
- East Midlands and the Humber Headteacher Board
- South-East England and South London Headteacher Board