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Educating your child at home ('home schooling'): when to get permission, telling the school, curriculum, SEN.
Get a postgraduate master's loan to help fund a full-time or part-time master's degree: find out if you're eligible and how much you can get.
Download Student Finance England application forms and guidance notes - including forms PN1, PR1 and DSA1.
The age you can leave school in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Postgraduate funding - find grants, loans, studentships and scholarships.
Request a replacement exam certificate or a certified statement of results if you've lost your original - check the list of old exam boards if your board no longer exists
Check if you're eligible for a student loan, find out how much you can get, how to apply and when you start repaying.
You can be prosecuted if your child has unauthorised absence from school - truancy, help with getting your child to school, and legal action to enforce school attendance
Guidance on how to support your child or partner’s student finance application and which forms you need to complete.
Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) if you're studying in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales
Find out about a qualification, including if it’s regulated and how it compares to other qualifications.
Find the discounts and concessions that are available in your area for travel to school sixth form or college through your local council website
The English national curriculum means children in different schools (at primary and secondary level) study the same subjects to similar standards - it's split into key stages with tests
Find the difficulty level of a qualification and compare qualifications across different countries.
Free transport from your local council - eligibility, rules for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), how to apply
Bursaries and scholarships from universities or colleges including hardship funds.
Find out if your child is eligible for help with the cost of home to school transport
Find out what vocational or academic courses and qualifications are available at schools, colleges and sixth forms in your area
Childcare Grants for full-time students in higher education - grants, CCG1, CCG2 forms, how to apply, eligibility
Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
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