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Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints.
If you live in England contact your local council to find: state-funded…
All schools have admission criteria to decide which children get places.…
Most children start reception full-time in September after their fourth…
Follow your local council’s application process to: apply for a primary…
If your child does not have a place, contact your local council for…
You’ll be sent a letter with the decision about your child’s school. If…
You can complain about the way the appeal was carried out, but you can not…
Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
All children in England between the ages of 5 and 16 are entitled to a…
Faith schools have to follow the national curriculum, but they can choose…
Free schools are funded by the government but are not run by the local…
Academies receive funding directly from the government and are run by an…
City technology colleges and ‘ the city college for the technology of the…
State boarding schools provide free education but charge fees for…
Private schools (also known as ‘independent schools’) charge fees to…
The Department for Education’s statutory guidance publications for schools and local authorities.
Information that academies, including free schools, colleges and any educational institution with academy arrangements, must or should publish on their websites.
Apply for a state secondary school place through your local council
School closures happen because of an emergency like severe weather - check whether your child's school is closed on your local council website.
Statistics on local authority and school spending on education, including academies and children and young people's services.
How schools and local authorities should securely send pupil records and other information using the school to school (S2S) system.
Information about academy admissions and the role of the Department for Education (DfE).
Links to relevant guidance and resources for governors of local-authority-maintained schools.
Complain about a school - complaints process, when to complain to the Department for Education, the Education Funding Agency or Ofsted.
Advice for state-funded school admission authorities, independent schools, local authorities and parents.
How schools can share daily attendance data.
Guides for schools and local authorities submitting data using COLLECT.
Your responsibilities with your local council if you want to educate your child at home - sometimes called home schooling
The education provision for service children overseas can be categorised as Defence Children Services (DCS) Schools and Settings or non MOD schools locations.
Ask your council about before and after school clubs and holiday play schemes run by a school, private or voluntary organisation
Apply for a state primary school place through your local council
Guidance for schools and local authorities about providing school meals including information on free school meal eligibility.
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