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Travel assistance to school or college for post 16 students

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When choosing a sixth form or college placement, you will need to think about getting to and from college before applying and accepting a place. You and your parents or carers should explore what options are available to get you to and from college such…

Travel assistance arrangements

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Once your application for travel assistance has been approved by the council’s Admissions and Transport team, it is handed over to the Client Transport Team. They plan the various routes and arrange the commissioning of transport. They will contact you about the planned transport for your…

Help with transport to and from school (concessionary travel scheme)

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Where hire vehicles are used to transport children to school that meet the criteria for transport assistance, there may be spare seats available. If this is the case, the council will make these places available for a charge to other pupils wishing to travel to…

How to apply for school or college travel assistance

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If your child is entitled to help with getting to school or college you will need to apply to the council’s Admissions and Transport Team or the SEN Home to School Transport Officer for travel assistance for your child. You can read about the criteria for…

Work experience, traineeships, apprenticeships

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As a young person you will need to make decisions about the next steps of your education or training options, as you move through secondary school. You may decide that staying on at school or going to college is not what you want to do…

Further education (post 16)

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As a young person, you will need to make decisions about the next phase of your education choices as you move through secondary school. After year 11 you could choose to stay in school, go to a sixth form college, go to a further education (FE) college, or with…

School travel assistance for children under 16

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As a parent or carer, you are responsible for getting your child to school. However, some children may be entitled to travel assistance. This depends on individual circumstances such as: the age of your child is statutory school age 5-16 where they live and what…

Types of education qualification

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A qualification is a special skill, knowledge, or ability that makes someone suitable for a particular job or activity. It is often used to recognise that someone has successfully completed an education or training course. Qualifications play an important role in learning and development. Most…

Education, employment and training (EET)

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Information about employment, education or training, and advice on getting support and finding out about your options if you are not in employment, education or training (NEET). What EET means EET stands for ‘Education, employment or training’. EET is most often used in relation to…

Find secondary schools

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Choosing a secondary school is an important decision that you and your child will have to make. Before you decide on choosing a school arrange to visit your local secondary schools to get a feel for their ethos and their values. During the autumn term,…

Financial help with travel and getting around

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This section covers some of the financial schemes that you and your child may be entitled to if they have a disability. Motability scheme Your child may be eligible for a mobility vehicle. The Motability scheme can help you lease a car if your child…

Children missing education

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Children missing education (CME) are children of compulsory school age who are: not on a school roll who have been out of any educational provision for a substantial period of time (usually four weeks or more) Why children can go missing from education There are…

Help for young people with SEND to find work

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Where possible everybody should be encouraged to have the opportunity to take part in the world of work through paid employment. For some people this may have to be done in small steps: from doing small jobs around the house to help your family. Little jobs around the home are a really good…

School appeals

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Page contents: About an appeal Secondary school appeals Infant and primary school appeals How to make an appeal Different admissions authorities Change of address How places were allocated at oversubscribed schools Admission appeal timetable 2024 About an appeal By law, an Admissions Authority must enable…

Moving your child between schools during the school year

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How to apply for a place at an infant, junior, primary or secondary school in South Gloucestershire during the academic school year You can change school for your child during the school year, you do not need to wait until the new school year. To…

Financial support / healthy start scheme

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Page contents Start 4 life Healthy Start Healthy Start vitamins Sure Start maternity grant Start 4 life Start4Life Trusted NHS help and advice during pregnancy, birth and parenthood. Healthy Start If you’re eligible, you’ll be sent a Healthy Start card with money on it that…

Find out which schools are in your area

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Some schools serve Areas of Prime Responsibility (APR). Where an APR exists, the area indicates to you the schools which normally serve your home address. As the local authority, we give priority to children who live within the APR of a school who have expressed…

Child employment

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This guidance is about the rules which apply to the employment of children of compulsory school age. A young person is still of compulsory school age until the last Friday in June of the school year (1 September – 31 August) in which they reach…

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