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Funding for adult learners - grants and bursaries for study and training costs
The rules employers and training providers must follow to get funding for training and assessing apprentices in England.
Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) - support your child can get at school and how to apply for an education, health and care (EHC) plan
This page summarises future assessment dates in primary schools, to assist schools with their forward planning.
Guidance for local authorities and schools about children educated at home.
Contact your local council to find a registered childminder - Family Information Service, early years education, childcare and family support in your area
Complain about a school - complaints process, when to complain to the Department for Education, the Education Funding Agency or Ofsted.
The early years foundation stage (EYFS) sets standards for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5
Apply for a state secondary school place through your local council
Schools and colleges to receive funding to permanently remove reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
Lists of qualifications that meet DfE's criteria for counting in the early years foundation stage framework staff:child ratios.
Guidance on the suspension and permanent exclusion of pupils from local-authority-maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units.
Find out if a person’s qualifications allow them to work in an early years setting, and if you can include them in staff:child ratios.
Find courses and training online with the National Careers Service and get advice on funding the costs of learning
Teacher training - funding for full or part-time teacher training courses including Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE)
The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, adoption court orders, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents.
Explains the role of schools and academy trusts in supporting parents to access wraparound childcare.
New teacher degree apprenticeship will support schools to recruit and retain the excellent teachers they need in vital subjects including maths.
Applications for the 2024 programme have now closed.
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