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Complain about a school - complaints process, when to complain to the Department for Education, the Education Funding Agency or Ofsted.
Find out how to obtain qualified teacher status (QTS) to teach in a maintained school or non-maintained special school in England.
Guidance and forms for claiming or renewing tax credits. Including childcare costs, payment dates, leaving or coming to the UK, overpayments and reporting changes.
Guidance for schools and local authorities on what data we need for the school census and how to submit it.
The early years foundation stage (EYFS) sets standards for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5
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
Guidance on the suspension and permanent exclusion of pupils from local-authority-maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units.
Information that schools maintained by a local authority must or should publish on their website.
Funding for adult learners - grants and bursaries for study and training costs
New age ratings to be introduced on Relationships, Sex and Health Education content in schools to ensure it is appropriately and sensitively taught.
Statutory guidance on relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education.
Contact your local council to find a registered childminder - Family Information Service, early years education, childcare and family support in your area
Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
A template to support schools to publish a summary of their music development plan on their website.
Apply for a state secondary school place through your local council
Guidance about every piece of information you need to send us in autumn 2023, spring and summer 2024.
Lists of qualifications that meet DfE's criteria for counting in the early years foundation stage framework staff:child ratios.
Guidance for schools on writing statutory end of year reports for parents.
Teacher training - funding for full or part-time teacher training courses including Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE)
An overview of school capital funding, who it's for, current and past allocations, how it's calculated and spending guidance.
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