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Care to Learn helps pay for childcare while you're studying - how to apply, money you get, courses that qualify, eligibility
Your responsibilities with your local council if you want to educate your child at home - sometimes called home schooling
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
Foster carers look after children when their parents are not able to - becoming a foster carer, money and support available, fostering agencies, foster parents
Complain to the Department for Education (DfE) about a school or how DfE handled your complaint if you’ve made one.
Check your local council for advice on becoming a licensed chaperone for children in the entertainment, modelling or sports
Bullying at school and the law - what your school and the police must do about bullying and how you should report it
Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs
This agreement must be signed by the apprentice and the employer at the start of the apprenticeship.
You may need a child performance licence for any child taking part in a public performance, sporting event or modelling assignment
Find out if there's a family hub in your local area. Family hubs are a single place to get support for children, young people and families. This can include baby groups and parent classes, counselling services and financ…
Model form that schools can use to determine which children are eligible for free school meals and the pupil premium.
Find out about the type of healthy food all maintained schools and academies in England have to provide under the school food standards.
Apply to adopt a child through your local council if you are 21 or over and can offer a stable home to a child
How your council encourages attendance at school - truancy, unauthorised absences, education welfare officer
Complain about a childminder, daycare provider, nanny, nursery or playgroup - complaints process, when to complain to Ofsted or the Department for Education
School closures happen because of an emergency like severe weather - check whether your child's school is closed on your local council website.
Professional and Career Development Loans are low interest loans to pay for courses and training that help with your career - eligibility, and repayments and interest, helpline
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
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