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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
Find your child's school term, half term and holiday dates on your local council's website
Who is eligible for 30 hours free childcare and how you can get it.
Help with the cost of paying for approved childcare - Tax-Free Childcare, 15 and 30 hours childcare, childcare vouchers, tax credits, Learner Support.
How to apply for 30 hours free childcare.
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 standards that school and childcare providers must meet for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5.
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…
What all schools will need to do during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Check school performance tables (‘league tables’), Ofsted reports and financial information.
The age you can leave school in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Check if your child can get free school meals - and find out how to apply on your local authority’s website
What school leaders, teachers and school staff need to do during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints
Statutory guidance for schools and colleges on safeguarding children and safer recruitment.
Guidance for schools on writing statutory end of year reports for parents.
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
The national curriculum for England to be taught in all local-authority-maintained schools.
How to find a postgraduate teacher training course for primary, secondary and further eduction, including qualifications you'll need.
Check if your council offers free early education and childcare
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