Parents
Parents must ensure that their school-age children receive full-time education suitable to their age, ability and any special educational needs they may have.
Education information for parents
- Choosing a school and applying for a place
- Information about schools
- Online school catchment area finder
- School holiday dates
- Childcare and early years
- Extended Schools
- Curriculum information from HIAS - the Hampshire Inspection and Advisory Service
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Pupil records
- Complaints guidance - resolving concerns about your child's education.
Support services delivered by Hampshire Children's Services
Early Years
Parenting
Special Needs and welfare
- Special Educational Needs
- Education Welfare
- Exclusions - information and advice on what to do if your child is excluded from school
- Child Employment - hours of work and conditions of child employment
- Education Psychology.
- Hampshire Ethnic Minority Achievement Service (EMAS) - supporting pupils for whom English is not their first language.
- Educating your child at home - information from the charity·Education Otherwise, and advice from the Parent Centre
Outdoor learning
Support for young people
Would you like to get more involved at school?
- Governor Services - how to become a governor at your child's school
- Parent representatives
- Getting involved with your child's school - school governors, parent / teacher associations, school and community information.
Useful links
Hampshire links
- Children's Services Department
- Children's Services Jargon Buster
- Holiday activities - Hampshire for Kids
National and Government links:
- Directgov
- Parents Online
- Parent Centre
- Parentline Plus
- Talk to Frank - National drug awareness campaign
- Don't suffer in silence . Government advice on bullying
- Bullying online. information and advice
- British Dyslexia Association(BTA)
- Independent Panel for Special Education Advice.
- Prevention and treatment of headlice .