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Postgraduate funding - find grants, loans, studentships and scholarships.
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
Get a postgraduate master's loan to help fund a full-time or part-time master's degree: find out if you're eligible and how much you can get.
The age you can leave school in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
You can be prosecuted if your child has unauthorised absence from school - truancy, help with getting your child to school, and legal action to enforce school attendance.
Download Student Finance England application forms and guidance notes - including forms PN1, PR1 and DSA1.
Educating your child at home ('home schooling'): when to get permission, telling the school, curriculum, SEN.
Find out about a qualification, including if it’s regulated and how it compares to other qualifications.
Guidance on how to support your child or partner’s student finance application and which forms you need to complete.
Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) if you're studying in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales
Check if you're eligible for a student loan, find out how much you can get, how to apply and when you start repaying.
The English national curriculum means children in different schools (at primary and secondary level) study the same subjects to similar standards - it's split into key stages with tests
Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
Childcare Grants for full-time students in higher education - grants, CCG1, CCG2 forms, how to apply, eligibility.
Bursaries and scholarships from universities or colleges including hardship funds.
Find out if your child is eligible for help with the cost of home to school transport
Find the discounts and concessions that are available in your area for travel to school sixth form or college through your local council website
Search for Ofsted inspection reports for childminders and childcare providers, schools, colleges, further education providers, children and families services
Free transport from your local council - eligibility, rules for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), how to apply
Included are the DSA1 and the DSASL application forms, the Claim DSA Expenses form, the Disability Evidence form and guidance notes to help complete these forms.
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