Services List Admissions Includes apply for a school place, waiting lists, and mid-year admissions Emergency school closures Find out if any schools in Essex are closed today Essex school terms and holidays Find Essex school term dates and holidays for this academic year and the next year School transport Find out if your child is eligible for home to school transport Find a school Find out if your address is in a priority admission (catchment) area Becoming a school governor Find out how school governors help the community, who can become one and how to apply. School attendance and absence Information about school attendance, absences, penalty notices and legal action to enforce school attendance Free school meals Find out about free school meals and alternative support during the holidays School organisation and place planning Find out about school place planning and have your say in school consultations Grants in exceptional circumstances Find out about help you can get in exceptional circumstances and who is eligible Children in entertainment Apply for a child performance licence, performance licence-exemptions and apply for a chaperone licence Child employment Find out about children and young people in employment, and apply for a child work permit Support for pupils and parents Find help and advice on bullying, teenage pregnancy, drugs and alcohol and mental wellbeing School complaints Find out how to raise a concern or complain about a school School crossing patrols Find out about our school crossing patrols and apply to become a school crossing patrol officer Home education What to do if you want to educate your child at home and signposting to organisations who can help you
Essex school terms and holidays Find Essex school term dates and holidays for this academic year and the next year
Becoming a school governor Find out how school governors help the community, who can become one and how to apply.
School attendance and absence Information about school attendance, absences, penalty notices and legal action to enforce school attendance
School organisation and place planning Find out about school place planning and have your say in school consultations
Grants in exceptional circumstances Find out about help you can get in exceptional circumstances and who is eligible
Children in entertainment Apply for a child performance licence, performance licence-exemptions and apply for a chaperone licence
Child employment Find out about children and young people in employment, and apply for a child work permit
Support for pupils and parents Find help and advice on bullying, teenage pregnancy, drugs and alcohol and mental wellbeing
School crossing patrols Find out about our school crossing patrols and apply to become a school crossing patrol officer
Home education What to do if you want to educate your child at home and signposting to organisations who can help you