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  • Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help

  • Proof of Child Benefit - what you can use.

  • Your Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave - eligibility, what you get, how to claim.

  • You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and split…

  • Employer and employee guide to unpaid parental leave - eligibility, how much leave can be taken and notice periods, postponing leave

  • How to open a Junior ISA for your child - including managing and adding money to an account.

  • If you think a child or young person is at risk or being abused or neglected, contact the children’s social care team at their local council.

  • How to make arrangements for your children if you divorce or separate, mediation and how to apply for a court order if you cannot agree.

  • How to find childcare, get help paying for it and what to do if your circumstances change.

  • The law does not say an age when you can leave a child on their own, but it's an offence to leave a child alone if it puts them at risk

  • Complain about a school - complaints process, when to complain to the Department for Education, the Education Funding Agency or Ofsted.

  • Apply for a place in a nursery school for children under 5 through your local council

  • Legal rights for pregnant employees - including paid time off for antenatal appointments, maternity leave and pay, protection against discrimination and telling the employer about the pregnancy.

  • Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) - support your child can get at school and how to apply for an education, health and care (EHC) plan

  • Search for Ofsted inspection reports for childminders and childcare providers, schools, colleges, further education providers, children and families services

  • Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption, neonatal care or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy.

  • The early years foundation stage (EYFS) sets standards for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5

  • Childcare Grants for full-time students in higher education - grants, CCG1, CCG2 forms, how to apply, eligibility

  • Contact your local council to find a registered childminder - Family Information Service, early years education, childcare and family support in your area

  • Tell the local authority if you're worried that a child is being neglected or abused - call 999 if they’re in immediate danger