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How you can train to drive a heavy goods vehicle (HGV): Skills Bootcamps, apprenticeships, vocational courses and driving schools.
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.
Guidance for schools and local authorities on what data we need for the school census and how to submit it.
Teacher training - funding for full or part-time teacher training courses including Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE)
Guidance about every piece of information you need to send us in autumn 2023, spring and summer 2024.
Statutory guidance on pay and conditions for teachers in England.
Free transport from your local council - eligibility, rules for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), how to apply
Every state school in England will now share their daily attendance registers across the education sector.
The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, adoption court orders, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents.
Find courses and training online with the National Careers Service and get advice on funding the costs of learning
Find out if your child is eligible for help with the cost of home to school transport
The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for English at key stages 1 to 4.
Sets out our vision for music education and how this can be achieved through partnerships with schools, music hubs, the music and creative sector, and others.
Your responsibilities with your local council if you want to educate your child at home - sometimes called home schooling
Ask your council about before and after school clubs and holiday play schemes run by a school, private or voluntary organisation
The Department for Education’s statutory guidance publications for schools and local authorities.
Applications for the 2024 programme have now closed.
How to employ an apprentice, what's expected of you and what funding you can get.
Check what you need to do to employ teachers who are non-UK citizens.
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