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Complain about a school - complaints process, when to complain to the Department for Education, the Education Funding Agency or Ofsted.

• Types of complaints

  There are different ways to complain in England depending on whether your…

• State schools

  State schools include: maintained schools academies and free schools Call…

• Private schools

  Contact your local council or call your local police on 101 if you think a…

• Special educational needs (SEN)

  If you want to complain about a school’s SEN support, you should do it…

• Disability discrimination

  Follow the school’s complaints process if you believe a school has…

Ask your council about before and after school clubs and holiday play schemes run by a school, private or voluntary organisation

Childcare for your children before and after school - after-school clubs, breakfast clubs, homework clubs, childminders

Find out about the type of healthy food all maintained schools and academies in England have to provide under the school food standards.

A tool to measure net pupil capacity in schools.

• From: Department for Education

Information and advice about what career choices are available for teenagers and young adults in England - National Careers Service

How to volunteer as a governor - you can help decide how a local school or college is run

Model funding agreements for schools or groups establishing a new multi-academy trust and single or multi-academy trusts establishing new academies and free schools.

• From: Department for Education

Set up a free school - find out what you need to do and how to increase your chance of success

Template documents with standard articles of association for different types of academy trust.

• From: Department for Education

Application processes for mainstream and special schools applying to convert to academy status.

• From: Department for Education

Application form, proprietor details form and submission checklist to register an independent school in England.

• From: Department for Education

Model documents for PFI schools converting to academy status.

• From: Department for Education

Forms for eligible schools converting to academies to claim the support grant and to declare what portion of the grant they’ve spent.

• From: Department for Education

Application form for single academy trusts wishing to change their governance so they can become a multi-academy trust (MAT).

• From: Department for Education

Documents to help schools converting to academy status submit their land information to the Department for Education.

• From: Department for Education

Documents for schools transferring the freehold of their school site to the academy trust as part of the academy conversion process.

• From: Department for Education

Forms to be used by local authorities for requesting that the Secretary of State for Education directs an academy to admit a child.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency

Application forms for opening a university technical college (UTC).

• From: Department for Education

Form N266: Notice to admit facts / admission of facts.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service