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If you're a parent registered for Tax-Free Childcare or free childcare if you're working, sign in to pay into your account, reconfirm your eligibility, update your details.
How to apply for free childcare if you're working.
Register your profile, search vacancies and apply for an apprenticeship - you must be 16 or over
Find out if you're eligible for free childcare for 2 to 4 year olds if you live in England - 2 year olds can get 15 hours per week, 3 to 4 year olds 30 hours.
Help with the cost of paying for approved childcare - Tax-Free Childcare, 15 and 30 hours childcare, childcare vouchers, tax credits, Learner Support.
Find your child's school term, half term and holiday dates on your local council's website
Hundreds of thousands of families set to benefit as working parents of 9-month-olds can now apply for government-funded childcare for first time.
The standards that school and childcare providers must meet for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5.
Check what help you might be able to get with childcare schemes like tax credits, Tax-Free Childcare, childcare vouchers and free childcare or education for 2 to 4-year-olds.
The home of Department for Education on GOV.UK. The Department for Education is responsible for children’s services and education, including early years, schools, higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wide…
Check school performance tables (‘league tables’), Ofsted reports and financial information.
Locations announced for 16 new special free schools and trusts appointed at a further 7 schools, providing thousands of vital places across England.
Places boosted even further with new measures to support childminders, and funding rates confirmed for all childcare providers ahead of historic rollout.
Explains how to apply for a free level 3 qualification. These courses could help you improve your wage outcomes and job prospects, and gain skills that employers value.
Statutory guidance for schools and colleges on safeguarding children and safer recruitment.
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
Guidance on the special educational needs and disability (SEND) system for children and young people aged 0 to 25, from 1 September 2014.
Statutory guidance on multi-agency working to help, protect and promote the welfare of children.
Check if your child can get free school meals - and find out how to apply on your local authority’s website.
Non-statutory curriculum guidance for the early years foundation stage.
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