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Find the discounts and concessions that are available in your area for travel to school sixth form or college through your local council website
Your responsibilities with your local council if you want to educate your child at home - sometimes called home schooling
Learner Support - funding for students aged over 19 in further education and financial hardship
If your child cannot walk to school because of their special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) your local council must provide transport
How to report a teacher - what counts as serious misconduct, what information to include in your report, when you may need to attend a teacher misconduct hearing.
School closures happen because of an emergency like severe weather - check whether your child's school is closed on your local council website.
Care to Learn helps pay for childcare while you're studying - how to apply, money you get, courses that qualify, eligibility
Postgraduate funding for overseas students studying in the UK: types of scholarship, eligibility, how to apply
Childcare for your children before and after school - after-school clubs, breakfast clubs, homework clubs, childminders
Search for Sure Start Children's Centres near to your home to find out about daycare and parenting advice
Complain to the Department for Education (DfE) about a school or how DfE handled your complaint if you’ve made one.
Dance and Drama Awards (DaDAs) help talented students with the cost of performing arts training - how much you'll get, how to apply.
Leaving foster or local council care - support from your council, review meetings and financial help
Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs
Apply to adopt a child through your local council if you are 21 or over and can offer a stable home to a child
Bullying at school and the law - what your school and the police must do about bullying and how you should report it
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
Complain about a childminder, daycare provider, nanny, nursery or playgroup - complaints process, when to complain to Ofsted or the Department for Education
Employee reference template for use by early years providers.
Find out about the type of healthy food all maintained schools and academies in England have to provide under the school food standards.
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