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Find out about and apply for higher education courses, including full-time, part-time, Open University, teacher training, postgraduate, music, dance and drama courses.
Find and apply for a further or adult education course and work out what financial help you can get
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.
Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs
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
Funding and university courses for mature students - entry requirements, find courses, student finance
Complain to the Department for Education (DfE) about a school or how DfE handled your complaint if you’ve made one.
Bullying at school and the law - what your school and the police must do about bullying and how you should report it
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.
What happens if your child cannot go to school for health reasons - responsibilities of the local council and school and how medical needs are handled at school
School closures happen because of an emergency like severe weather - check whether your child's school is closed on your local council website.
You may need a child performance licence for any child taking part in a public performance, sporting event or modelling assignment
How your council encourages attendance at school - truancy, unauthorised absences, education welfare officer
Childcare for your children before and after school - after-school clubs, breakfast clubs, homework clubs, childminders
Foster carers look after children when their parents are not able to - becoming a foster carer, money and support available, fostering agencies, foster parents.
Schools are responsible for your child's safety while they're at school or on a school trip
Complain about a childminder, daycare provider, nanny, nursery or playgroup - complaints process, when to complain to Ofsted or the Department for Education
Model form that schools can use to determine which children are eligible for free school meals and the pupil premium.
Search for Sure Start Children's Centres near to your home to find out about daycare and parenting advice
Volunteer to help make decisions as part of the board of a school or multi-academy trust.
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