Education and careers

Providing information on schools, children's centres, SEN support, transport, financial help, jobs, teaching and community learning opportunities.

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Adult Education and Careers

If you want to improve your basic skills or job prospects, build your confidence, or be more creative, it is never too late to get back into learning.

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Early Years and Childcare

Everything you need to know as a parent or childcare provider

  1. Information and guidance for childcare providers
  2. Information and guidance for parents
  3. Resources
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Jobs and Careers

View the latest Suffolk County Council jobs plus Information and advice on training and continuing professional development available to SCC staff

  1. Children's Trust Strategy for Workforce Planning and Development
  2. Interested in working with children, young people and families
  3. Learning and development
  4. Suffolk Job Vacancies
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Pupil Welfare and Support

  1. Bullying
  2. Children missing from education
  3. Exclusion from school
  4. Part-time child employment & the law
  5. Performance and chaperone licences
  6. School attendance
  7. School attendance: penalty notices
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Schools & Support in Education

An overview of educational options and admissions processes for children in Suffolk, plus support for governors, pupil welfare and improving school standards

  1. Academies and Free Schools
  2. Applying for a school place
  3. Children and Young People's Services
  4. Education Other than at School (EOTAS)
  5. Free school meals
  6. General information
  7. Help and advice for parents and carers
  8. Learning and improvement service
  9. Out of school & holiday activities
  10. Outdoor education
  11. Raising the participation age
  12. School Organisation Review (SOR)
  13. School governors
  14. School term & holiday dates
  15. Schools in Suffolk
  16. Suffolk Children's University™ (SCU)
  17. Teaching in Suffolk
  18. Youth support & advice
  19. e-safety information and advice
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Special Educational Needs

Information for disabled children, young people and their families about support for education, short breaks, young carers, sensory and communication services

  1. Access Unlimited
  2. Interpreters for deaf parents
  3. Parent Partnership
  4. Special educational needs statutory assessment process
  5. Special educational needs transport support
  6. Special schools overview
  7. Special units: hearing impaired, speech and language units
  8. Support for sensory and communication issues
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