Education and families

Includes schools, childcare, fostering and adoption and SEND information

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Education and families

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Route1 advocacy

Choosing a school

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Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

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Archives and records

Somerset Heritage Centre

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Somerset Skills and Learning

Route1 advocacy

Route1 Advocacy

What is an advocate?

Independent Visitors

Choosing a school

Apply to start school for the first time

Starting at a secondary or upper school in September

School catchment

Starting at a junior or middle school

In-year school admissions

Secondary admissions guide

Admission policies

Primary admissions guide

School Place Allocation Summaries

Appeal a school admissions decision

Free School Bid

Our admission arrangements

Starting school early or late

Refused a place at your preferred school

Appeals for a place to start school in September

Academy schools

School applications

Apply to start school for the first time

Starting at a secondary or upper school in September

Starting at a junior or middle school

In-year school admissions

Secondary admissions guide

Admission policies

Primary admissions guide

Free school meals

Appeal a school admissions decision

Our admission arrangements

School uniform

Starting school early or late

Refused a place at your preferred school

Appeals for a place to start school in September

School life

School term dates and holidays

Free school meals

Support Services for Education (SSE)

School attendance and children missing education

Home education

School uniform

School Place Planning Infrastructure Growth Plan

Somerset Governor Services

School Nurses

Somerset Traveller education service

School exclusions

Somerset’s Strategic Vision for Education

Music in schools

Somerset’s Accessibility Strategy and Schools Access Initiative

Ethnic Minority Achievement service

Bullying and Harassment

School closures

Somerset anti-bullying

Childcare

Funding for 2 year olds

Early years entitlement information for providers

Paying for childcare

Early Years contacts

Early years entitlement

The role of a health visitor

30 hours extended entitlement