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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Apply for a state primary school place through your local council
Scaled score conversion tables for schools to use for the optional 2024 national curriculum tests.
These standards set the minimum requirements for teachers’ practice and conduct.
Advanced Learner Loan and the Bursary Fund help with college or training course costs - funding, how to apply, application forms, repayments
The national curriculum for England to be taught in all local-authority-maintained schools.
Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints.
If your child or partner is applying for student finance, you may be asked to support their application by giving us details about your household income. This is so they can get as much student finance as possible.
Information and a training video regarding the structure and content of the phonics screening check to help administrators prepare.
The rules employers and training providers must follow to get funding for training and assessing apprentices in England.
Guidance for local authorities and schools about children educated at home.
Optional mathematics test materials used in 2024.
Scoring guidance, pupils' materials and answer sheet for the 2022 phonics screening check.
Schools set school uniform policy and must make their uniform policy. You should talk to the school if you think your child is being discriminated against.
Follow our steps to get your first payment if you're applying late for student finance.
Find out how to obtain qualified teacher status (QTS) to teach in a maintained school or non-maintained special school in England.
The national curriculum primary programmes of study and attainment targets for key stages 1 and 2.
Apply for a state secondary school place through your local council
Statutory guidance on relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education.
Complain about a school - complaints process, when to complain to the Department for Education, the Education Funding Agency or Ofsted.
Find the difficulty level of a qualification and compare qualifications across different countries.
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