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Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16
Part-time work The youngest age a child can work part-time is 13, except…
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This guide gives a summary of what schools should expect and what they need to do as part of an Ofsted inspection.
The rules for working on Sundays, opt in, opt out arrangements, rules for shop and betting shop workers
Safeguarding guidance for providers of activities, after-school clubs, tuition and other out-of-school settings.
Details of successful applications for free schools and university technical colleges (UTCs) in the pre-opening stage.
HM Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman discusses diversity, ethical leadership and faith schools at the foundation's annual conference.
Primary school pupils to benefit from phonics and literacy teaching thanks to new government funding
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Jacobs on 16 September 2021.
Measures set out to make sure no child is educated in potentially unsafe or dangerous, illegal settings.
How a UK aid funded project supports mothers with disabled children in some of the poorest parts of the world.
Employment Tribunal decision.
Statement in relation to misleading story ahead of A level results.
Consultation on guidance to help parents choose the right out-of-school setting, and on voluntary code of practice to help providers meet the expected standards
Annual service conducted virtually for 2020, to allow viewers to participate in the ceremony despite current Covid-19 restrictions.
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Education Secretary Damian Hinds set out the importance of primary assessment
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