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If you're a parent registered for Tax-Free Childcare or Free Childcare for Working Parents, sign in to pay into your account, reconfirm your eligibility, update your details.
Register your profile, search vacancies and apply for an apprenticeship - you must be 16 or over
If you live in England and work you may be able to get free childcare for a child aged 9 months to 4 years old. Check if you're eligible and how and when to apply.
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Help with the cost of paying for approved childcare - Tax-Free Childcare, 15 and 30 hours childcare, childcare vouchers, Learner Support.
Find your child's school term, half term and holiday dates on your local council's website
Check if your child can get free school meals - and find out how to apply on your local authority’s website.
Apply for a state secondary school place through your local council
Advertise apprenticeships and manage applications using the apprenticeship service.
Apply for a state primary school place through your local council
Check school performance tables (‘league tables’), Ofsted reports and financial information.
Check what help you could get with childcare through Tax-Free Childcare, Free Childcare for Working Parents and free education and childcare for 2 to 4-year-olds.
Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints.
Bursaries of up to £1,200 for students in further education, training or unpaid apprenticeships - what’s available, eligibility and how to apply
Check if your council offers free early education and childcare.
Becoming an apprentice - what to expect, apprenticeship levels, pay and training, making an application, complaining about an apprenticeship.
Use this service to apply for a teacher training course.
Educating your child at home ('home schooling'): when to get permission, telling the school, curriculum, SEN.
The age you can leave school in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Find the discounts and concessions that are available in your area for travel to school sixth form or college through your local council website
Request a replacement exam certificate or a certified statement of results if you've lost your original - check the list of old exam boards if your board no longer exists
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