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How to employ an apprentice, what's expected of you and what funding you can get.
Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
Find out if your child is eligible for help with the cost of home to school transport
Apply for a state secondary school place through your local council
Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) if you're studying in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales
Get in touch with the Department for Education (DfE).
Ask your council about before and after school clubs and holiday play schemes run by a school, private or voluntary organisation
Where to find internships and work placements.
Get extra funding for your early years childcare provider so they can provide better care for your child - early years pupil premium, disability access fund.
Your responsibilities with your local council if you want to educate your child at home - sometimes called home schooling
Adult Dependants' Grant for full-time students who financially support an adult - funding, how to apply, eligibility.
Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs
Improve skills like reading, writing, maths or Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - courses, qualifications, find a course and help
Find courses and training online with the National Careers Service and get advice on funding the costs of learning
How to report a teacher - what counts as serious misconduct, what information to include in your report, when you may need to attend a teacher misconduct hearing.
Check your local council for advice on becoming a licensed chaperone for children in the entertainment, modelling or sports
Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
Complain to the Department for Education (DfE) about a school or how DfE handled your complaint if you’ve made one.
You may need a child performance licence for any child taking part in a public performance, sporting event or modelling assignment
School closures happen because of an emergency like severe weather - check whether your child's school is closed on your local council website.
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