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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
The age you can leave school in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
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
Postgraduate funding - find grants, loans, studentships and scholarships.
Advanced Learner Loan and the Bursary Fund help with college or training course costs - funding, how to apply, application forms, repayments
Find out about a qualification, including if it’s regulated and how it compares to other qualifications.
Apply for a state primary school place through your local council
Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints.
Complain about a school - complaints process, when to complain to the Department for Education, the Education Funding Agency or Ofsted.
Guidance on how to support your child or partner’s student finance application and which forms you need to complete.
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
Recognised bodies, listed bodies, recognised universities, accredited higher learning institutions, bogus degrees
Bursaries and scholarships from universities or colleges including hardship funds.
Funding for adult learners - grants and bursaries for study and training costs
Childcare Grants for full-time students in higher education - grants, CCG1, CCG2 forms, how to apply, eligibility
Bursaries of up to £1,200 for students in further education, training or unpaid apprenticeships - what’s available, eligibility and how to apply
Search for Ofsted inspection reports for childminders and childcare providers, schools, colleges, further education providers, children and families services
Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
The early years foundation stage (EYFS) sets standards for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5
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