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You can be prosecuted if your child has unauthorised absence from school - truancy, help with getting your child to school, and legal action to enforce school attendance
The age you can leave school in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Educating your child at home ('home schooling'): when to get permission, telling the school, curriculum, SEN.
Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) if you're studying in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales
Apply for a place in a nursery school for children under 5 through your local council
The English national curriculum means children in different schools (at primary and secondary level) study the same subjects to similar standards - it's split into key stages with tests
Find the discounts and concessions that are available in your area for travel to school sixth form or college through your local council website
Who has parental responsibility for looking after children, and how to apply for parental responsibility if you were unmarried to the mother or are not on the birth certificate
Find out if your child is eligible for help with the cost of home to school transport
Free transport from your local council - eligibility, rules for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), how to apply
How to find a teacher training course for primary, secondary and further eduction, including qualifications you'll need.
Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
How to find childcare, get help paying for it and what to do if your circumstances change.
The law does not say an age when you can leave a child on their own, but it's an offence to leave a child alone if it puts them at risk
Find training courses for your apprentices.
Find a registered childminder through your local council or a registered childminding agency.
Find out what vocational or academic courses and qualifications are available at schools, colleges and sixth forms in your area
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
Complain about a school - complaints process, when to complain to the Department for Education, the Education Funding Agency or Ofsted.
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.
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