Clear, useful and honest about the limits
Our guides provide general reference information. They should help you understand a conversation with a school, prepare questions and identify what to check next. They do not decide admissions, eligibility, legal rights, safeguarding concerns or individual support arrangements.
Where the information comes from
For factual guidance, we prioritise government departments, national education bodies, inspection organisations and other primary publications. Each article names its consulted sources and records a checking date. We keep source addresses in our private editorial records; public guides identify publications without outgoing website links.
Practical suggestions are written as suggestions. An activity a family might find helpful is not presented as a guaranteed outcome. We avoid invented school ratings, statistics, reviews or claims of professional accreditation.
How guides are prepared
The initial guides were prepared with AI assistance and checked against the primary publications recorded with each article. This is not an expert-reviewed advice service. We aim for plain English, original explanations and useful distinctions between the four UK nations.
Dates and changes
The checking date describes the article’s last substantive source check. It is not automatically changed on every visit. Admissions timetables, funding, inspection frameworks and education policy can change. Before relying on a specific arrangement, confirm it with the school, education authority or responsible organisation.
Corrections
If a guide is wrong, unclear or out of date, use the correction form. Please identify the page, explain the problem and name the publication or local rule that helps clarify it. We cannot provide individual casework or promise a response time.
Commercial independence
The reference content does not contain affiliate links, paid rankings or sponsored recommendations. It does not endorse a school simply because an older URL referred to it.