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  • School term and holiday dates

    Find your child's school term, half term and holiday dates on your local council's website

  • School admissions

    Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints.

    • Choosing schools

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    • Appealing a school's decision

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  • Apply for a primary school place

    Apply for a state primary school place through your local council

  • Compare the performance of schools and colleges in England

    Check school performance tables (바카라 사이트˜league tables바카라 사이트™), Ofsted reports and financial information.

  • School attendance and absence

    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

  • Apply for a secondary school place

    Apply for a state secondary school place through your local council

  • School uniform

    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

    Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.

  • School closures

    School closures happen because of an emergency like severe weather - check whether your child's school is closed on your local council website.

  • School meals - food standards

    Find out about the type of healthy food all maintained schools and academies in England have to provide under the school food standards.

  • Find safe walking or cycling routes to your child's school

    Plan a journey so your child can get safely to and from school