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Find out how to obtain qualified teacher status (QTS) to teach in a maintained school or non-maintained special school in England.
Guidance for local authorities and schools about children educated at home.
Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) - support your child can get at school and how to apply for an education, health and care (EHC) plan
Guidance on the suspension and permanent exclusion of pupils from local-authority-maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units.
The national curriculum primary programmes of study and attainment targets for key stages 1 and 2.
Places boosted even further with new measures to support childminders, and funding rates confirmed for all childcare providers ahead of historic rollout.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The early years foundation stage (EYFS) sets standards for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5
How you can train to drive a heavy goods vehicle (HGV): Skills Bootcamps, apprenticeships, vocational courses and driving schools.
Guidance and forms for claiming or renewing tax credits. Including childcare costs, payment dates, leaving or coming to the UK, overpayments and reporting changes.
Free transport from your local council - eligibility, rules for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), how to apply
Lists of qualifications that meet DfE's criteria for counting in the early years foundation stage framework staff:child ratios.
Statutory guidance on relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education.
Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
Find out if a person’s qualifications allow them to work in an early years setting, and if you can include them in staff:child ratios.
Funding for adult learners - grants and bursaries for study and training costs
How local authorities should collect phonics screening check data from all local-authority-maintained schools, academies and free schools.
Statutory guidance on pay and conditions for teachers in England.
Guidance on completing the early years foundation stage (EYFS) profile assessment in the 2023 to 2024 academic year.
Find out if your child is eligible for help with the cost of home to school transport
Contact your local council to find a registered childminder - Family Information Service, early years education, childcare and family support in your area
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