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Find your child's school term, half term and holiday dates on your local council's website
Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints.
If you live in England contact your local council to find: state-funded鈥�
All schools have admission criteria to decide which children get places.鈥�
Most children start reception full-time in September after their fourth鈥�
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Apply for a state primary school place through your local council
Check school performance tables (鈥榣eague tables鈥�), Ofsted reports and financial information.
Check if your child can get free school meals - and find out how to apply on your local authority鈥檚 website.
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
Educating your child at home ('home schooling'): when to get permission, telling the school, curriculum, SEN.
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
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
Search for Ofsted inspection reports for childminders and childcare providers, schools, colleges, further education providers, children and families services
Apply for a state secondary school place through your local council
Schools set school uniform policy and must make their uniform policy. You should talk to the school if you think your child is being discriminated against.
Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
Free transport from your local council - eligibility, rules for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), how to apply
Complain about a school - complaints process, when to complain to the Department for Education, the Education Funding Agency or Ofsted.
Find out if your child is eligible for help with the cost of home to school transport
Your responsibilities with your local council if you want to educate your child at home - sometimes called home schooling
School closures happen because of an emergency like severe weather - check whether your child's school is closed on your local council website.
If your child cannot walk to school because of their special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) your local council must provide transport
Find the discounts and concessions that are available in your area for travel to school sixth form or college through your local council website
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