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Explore these learning opportunities recommended for improving civil servants' personal effectiveness.

• Updated: 23 August 2024

• Updated: 18 August 2023

Support for foster carers, including financial help, tax arrangements, how to make decisions for your foster child, claiming benefit while fostering, and other help.

• Training and development

  You need to complete the training, support, and development standards…

• Help with the cost of fostering

  All foster parents get a foster care allowance to help cover the cost of…

• Tax arrangements

  You should have registered as self-employed when you started to foster.…

• Claiming benefits

  Being a foster parent can affect your benefits. Check a benefits…

• Making decisions for your foster child

  Your foster child’s placement plan should tell you what decisions you can…

• Getting support

  You should get support from your fostering service, your local council and…

• Updated: 1 January 2004

• Updated: 8 October 2024

This study tested the importance of alternative skills by comparing two types of training

• Updated: 1 December 2020

Apply for a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa if you've been awarded a qualification by an eligible university in the last 5 years - eligibility, fees, documents, switch, bring your partner and children

Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services

• Updated: 1 January 2012

A glossary of terms used across Ofsted’s education inspection information and guidance.

• Updated: 9 September 2025