School term and holiday dates for your diary.
Contact details for all local nurseries, schools and colleges.
Apply for school places, appeal a decision, find out about admission policies, bus passes and moving schools.
Easy access to a range of childcare services.
How you can keep up-to-date with school closures.
Information on choosing childcare and what help is available.
Find out what assistance is available for children and young people travelling to school or college
School pupils aged between 4-19 may be able to get free school meals.
How we assess special educational needs, arrange support in mainstream and special schools, help with costs and more.
Read about nutritional standards in school and sample lunch menus.
Find out how you can help children reach their full potential and apply to be a school governor.
Truancy and the law and what to do if you think your child is truanting.
Download and complete the relevant application form for a child intending to work.
Young people's activities and extra-curricular activities that can help your child develop.
Details of who can educate their child at home and how to go about getting permission.
Options include apprenticeships, training for unemployed adults, free IT training, business training and evening classes.
The virtual school aims to decrease the educational gap between cared for children and other children.
10 February 2020 - 28 June 2020
Visitors to Rochdale, Dippy's only North West stop, can enjoy 2 dinosaur adventures as part of their visit and they're both free.
26 February 2020 - 29 February 2020
West End producers present a new theatrical adaptation of Mary Shelley’s seminal gothic horror novel ‘Frankenstein.’