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Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints.
If you live in England contact your local council to find: state-funded…
All schools have admission criteria to decide which children get places.…
Most children start reception full-time in September after their fourth…
Follow your local council’s application process to: apply for a primary…
If your child does not have a place, contact your local council for…
You’ll be sent a letter with the decision about your child’s school. If…
You can complain about the way the appeal was carried out, but you can not…
Explains control of advertisement regime.
When and how you can ask for your visa decision to be reviewed (known as an 'administrative review') - eligibility, forms and when to appeal instead
You’ll be told in your decision letter if you can ask for the decision on…
You’ll be told in your decision letter if you can ask for the decision to…
All of the published evidence for our review on the subject of intimidation in public life.
Read about the Committee's review of intimidation in public life, including our report, evidence submitted to the Committee, and press releases.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer's remarks at the British Museum.
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Judge Tayler on 14 July 2025.
Lord Browne of Madingley was born in 1948. He holds degrees from Cambridge University and Stanford University, California. He was knighted in 1998, made a life peer in 2001, and has numerous honorary degrees, fellowships and awards. Lord Browne is...
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