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Parental Support

Educating your child at home
Guidance for parents who choose to educate their children otherwise than by attendance at school.
Education Welfare
The Education Welfare Service aims to ensure that all children obtain full benefit from the educational opportunities available to them.
Educational Psychology Service
Educational Psychologists are concerned with children's learning, well-being and development.
Educational Visits
The Royal Borough takes seriously its responsibility in encouraging and providing a safe environment for Off-Site visits for young people under its duty of care.
School Supervised Medication
Information for parents/guardians if pupils need to take their own medicines into school.
Useful Phone Numbers and Addresses of Education Organisations
Useful Education Related Phone Numbers and Addresses

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Attendance at School
Information on how the Education Welfare Service deals with school attendance issues and truancy.
Babysitting and Childcare
Guidance on Babysitting / Childcare.
Bullying Advice for Parents and Carers
Helpline for parents and carers for advice on bullying in confidence.
Chaperones for Children in Entertainment
Details about chaperones
Childcare Sufficiency Assessment
From April 2008, the Children Act 2006 placed a duty on Local Authorities to prepare an assessment of the supply and demand for childcare within their area.
Children in Entertainment
Children in entertainment, performance licences
Complaint about a School or a Teacher
Making a complaint about a school or a teacher
Curriculum
National Curriculum in schools
Disabled Students Allowance
How to apply for Disabled Students Allowance
Education Appeals
How to appeal against a decision to refuse a place at a school, exclude a child from school and provide assistance with the transportation of a child to school.
Educational and related European opportunities
Information on educational and related European opportunities
Employment of Children
Paid Work and Work Experience for school aged pupils
Excluded Pupils
Exclusion from school
Extended Schools Services
Extended schools provide a range of services and activities, which will help to meet the needs of pupils, their families and the wider community.
Family Information Service
This is a free service available to anyone who resides, works or is learning within the borough that has children in their care aged 0-20 years.
Fixed Period Exclusion From School
Information on Fixed Period Exclusions from School
Free School Meals
Free School Meals
Funding Arrangements in RBWM Schools to Meet Special Educational Needs
SEN Funding, Windsor and Maidenhead, United Kingdom
Language and Cultural Support
Language and cultural support provided by the Ethnic Minority Achievement Service.
Mentoring
What it takes to become a mentor, and obtaining one.
Norfolk House
Norfolk House is a multi-agency building giving support to families in need.
Parenting Strategy
Evidence shows that parents have a significant impact on outcomes for children and young people right across the Every Child Matters five outcomes.
Parents and Carers
Information from the Family Information Service for Parents and Carers, giving useful links relating to child-related web sites
Permanent Exclusion From School
Information on the process of permanently excluding a pupil from school
School Records for an Individual Pupil
School Records for an Individual Pupil
School Term Dates
School Terms dates for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Sensory Consortium Service
Education support service for hearing impairment, visual impairment and multi-sensory impairment.
Special Educational Needs
Information on services and support for children with special educational needs.
Student Finance
Finance for part-time and full-time students.
Teenage Pregnancy in School
Teenage Pregnancy at school
Travel to school
Information on Home to School Transport
Xtend Centre
The aim of Xtend is to provide the whole community of Dedworth with activities and services, and is also a perfect venue for conferences, meetings, workshops and parties.