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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
Ask your council about before and after school clubs and holiday play schemes run by a school, private or voluntary organisation
Foster carers look after children when their parents are not able to - becoming a foster carer, money and support available, fostering agencies, foster parents
Find the discounts and concessions that are available in your area for travel to school sixth form or college through your local council website
Adult Dependants' Grant for full-time students who financially support an adult - funding, how to apply, eligibility.
If your child cannot walk to school because of their special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) your local council must provide transport
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.
Learner Support - funding for students aged over 19 in further education and financial hardship
How your council encourages attendance at school - truancy, unauthorised absences, education welfare officer
Search for Sure Start Children's Centres near to your home to find out about daycare and parenting advice
You may need a child performance licence for any child taking part in a public performance, sporting event or modelling assignment
Check your local council for advice on becoming a licensed chaperone for children in the entertainment, modelling or sports
Care to Learn helps pay for childcare while you're studying - how to apply, money you get, courses that qualify, eligibility
Employee reference template for use by early years providers.
Childcare for your children before and after school - after-school clubs, breakfast clubs, homework clubs, childminders
Find out about the type of healthy food all maintained schools and academies in England have to provide under the school food standards.
Postgraduate funding for overseas students studying in the UK: types of scholarship, eligibility, how to apply
Complain about a childminder, daycare provider, nanny, nursery or playgroup - complaints process, when to complain to Ofsted or the Department for Education
Leaving foster or local council care - support from your council, review meetings and financial help
Apply to adopt a child through your local council if you are 21 or over and can offer a stable home to a child
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