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Department for Education (DfE)
If you're a parent registered for Tax-Free Childcare or 30 hours childcare, sign in to pay into your account, reconfirm your eligibility, update your details
Help with the cost of paying for approved childcare - Tax-Free Childcare, 15 and 30 hours childcare, childcare vouchers, tax credits, Learner Support.
Who is eligible for 30 hours free childcare and how you can get it.
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
Guidance for schools and other educational settings in providing advice about the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
How to apply for 30 hours free childcare.
Find your child's school term, half term and holiday dates on your local council's website
The home of Department for Education on GOV.UK.
Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints
Check school performance tables (‘league tables’), Ofsted reports and financial information.
School closures happen because of an emergency like severe weather - check whether your child's school is closed on your local council website
How to find a postgraduate teacher training course for primary, secondary and further eduction, including qualifications you'll need.
Who has parental responsibility for looking after children, and how to apply for parental responsibility if you were unmarried to the mother or aren't on the birth certificate
The national curriculum for England to be taught in all local-authority-maintained schools.
Check if your council offers free early education and childcare
Check if your child can get free school meals - and find out how to apply on your local authority’s website
The standards that school and childcare providers must meet for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5.
Postgraduate funding - find grants, loans, studentships and scholarships
Request a replacement exam certificate or a certified statement of results if you've lost your original - check the list of old exam boards if your board no longer exists
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
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