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Educating your child at home ('home schooling'): when to get permission, telling the school, curriculum, SEN.
Your responsibilities with your local council if you want to educate your child at home - sometimes called home schooling
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
Guidance for local authorities and schools about children educated at home.
Find out if your child is eligible for help with the cost of home to school transport
Analysis of homeschooling in Great Britain during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey.
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
Schools are responsible for your child's safety while they're at school or on a school trip
Free transport from your local council - eligibility, rules for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), how to apply
Information for further education and sixth-form colleges directly enrolling 14 to 16-year-olds for the 2023 to 2024 academic year.
Apply for an exemption from the Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations (PSVAR) 2000 for home-to-school or rail replacement coach services.
Advice for state-funded school admission authorities, independent schools, local authorities and parents.
The information that schools maintained by their local authorities must or should publish on their websites.
The education provision for service children overseas can be categorised as Defence Children Services (DCS) Schools and Settings or non MOD schools locations.
Requirements you must meet if you are an Ofsted-registered out of school club, nursery or other type of daycare on the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.
Guidance for schools on writing statutory end of year reports for parents.
Information that academies, including free schools, colleges and any educational institution with academy arrangements, must or should publish on their websites.
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