Swindon Borough Council

Apprenticeships, skills and adult learning

Free adult courses, your options at 16, apprenticeships, grants and help to find work.

How to raise a concern with a school or its governors, and when we can check it was handled fairly.

Check if your child's school is on our list before you apply, or contact the school if it is not.

Free holiday clubs and meals (HAF) for children aged 4 to 16 who get benefits-related free school meals.

What to do before you educate your child at home, and how our home education team can help.

Parents elected by other parent governors to sit on our children's overview and scrutiny committee.

Pay a penalty notice for your child's absence from school, using the reference on our letter.

Our outdoor education centre for residential learning trips, with a link to its own website.

Why going to school every day matters, how to report an absence and fines for term-time holidays.

Who to contact if a school closes at short notice, for example in severe weather or a strike.

Find contact details for any school in Swindon on the GOV.UK schools service.

Apply for a school place, change school, admission arrangements and how to appeal a decision.

Check if your child with an education, health and care plan can get free school travel, and apply.

Check if your child can get free school transport, replace a lost bus pass or appeal a decision.

Support for children and young people with SEND, including education, health and care plans.

How we work with schools to support the education of children in care and care leavers.