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Use our guide to plan ways you can safely rediscover summer with your family.
This booklet explains why phonics should be used as a teaching aid and provides links to other resources.
This programme aims to join up and enhance services delivered through transformed family hubs in local authority areas, ensuring all families can access the support they need.
A new government campaign will be launched to support parents as research highlights some are unaware their baby's mental health impacts their early development.
Training materials for inspectors on early reading in schools, including systematic phonics, literacy and inspection methodology.
Find out what to do if you have problems accessing the services to book your driving test, change your appointment or cancel your test.
Guidance for frontline practitioners to explore a parent or carer’s relationship with their baby, and identify parent-infant relationship difficulties.
Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints.
Short tips for parents of primary-aged children to make reading enjoyable.
A course to help teachers learn how to effectively teach and promote literacy across the whole school, year group, key stage or phase.
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.
Use this form to claim Sure Start Maternity Grant by post.
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