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Employee reference template for use by early years providers.
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
How to get a grade reviewed (GCSE or AS or A level or other qualifications) by your school or college: how to appeal to your exam board and to Ofqual.
Dance and Drama Awards (DaDAs) help talented students with the cost of performing arts training - how much you'll get, how to apply.
Complain about a further education college, business providing apprenticeships or other adult education institution - complaints process, when to complain to the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA)
Form for foster carers to prove they meet the required training, support and development (TSD) standards.
Information and advice about what career choices are available for teenagers and young adults in England - National Careers Service
Financial help with sending your child to a specialist school for young musicians and dancers
Foster carers look after children when their parents are not able to - becoming a foster carer, money and support available, fostering agencies, foster parents
Apply to foster a child through the social services department of your local council.
Help with term-time accommodation when you're studying away from home - what you'll get, eligibility, how to claim.
Model funding agreements for schools or groups establishing a new multi-academy trust and single or multi-academy trusts establishing new academies and free schools.
If you do not get a place on your chosen university course, you can apply for other courses through the UCAS system of Clearing.
Professional and Career Development Loans are low interest loans to pay for courses and training that help with your career - eligibility, and repayments and interest, helpline
Template documents with standard articles of association for different types of academy trust.
Set up a free school - find out what you need to do and how to increase your chance of success
Guide and form for academy trusts considering and seeking approval for special severance payments.
Support for foster carers, including financial help, tax arrangements, how to make decisions for your foster child, claiming benefit while fostering, and other help.
Online application form to register an independent school in England. Supporting documentation will be requested following receipt of your application form.
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