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Check if your council offers free early education and childcare
How to open a Junior ISA for your child - including managing and adding money to an account.
Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help
If you think a child or young person is at risk or being abused or neglected, contact the children’s social care team at their local council.
Your Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave - eligibility, what you get, how to claim.
How to make arrangements for your children if you divorce or separate, mediation and how to apply for a court order if you cannot agree.
You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and split…
The law does not say an age when you can leave a child on their own, but it's an offence to leave a child alone if it puts them at risk
How to find childcare, get help paying for it and what to do if your circumstances change.
Employer and employee guide to unpaid parental leave - eligibility, how much leave can be taken and notice periods, postponing leave
Apply for a place in a nursery school for children under 5 through your local council
Legal rights for pregnant employees - including paid time off for antenatal appointments, maternity leave and pay, protection against discrimination and telling the employer about the pregnancy.
Childcare Grants for full-time students in higher education - grants, CCG1, CCG2 forms, how to apply, eligibility
Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption, neonatal care or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy.
Parents must register the birth in the country where the child was born - find out if you can also register the birth in the UK.
Contact your local council to find a registered childminder - Family Information Service, early years education, childcare and family support in your area
Healthy Start is an NHS scheme that helps women who are pregnant or have young children and are receiving benefits buy foods such as milk or fruit.
Tell the local authority if you're worried that a child is being neglected or abused - call 999 if they’re in immediate danger
Search for Ofsted inspection reports for childminders and childcare providers, schools, colleges, further education providers, children and families services
Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) - support your child can get at school and how to apply for an education, health and care (EHC) plan
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