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Area education offices

Area education offices contacts for your area:

Lancaster, Morecambe, Wyre and Fylde

North Area Education Office

Preston, South Ribble, Chorley and West Lancashire

South Area Education Office

Hyndburn, Ribble Valley, Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale

East Area Education Office

Schools

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  • Find a school
  • School transport
  • School term dates and holidays
  • Free school meals
  • Help with school clothing costs
  • Absence from school
  • Exclusions from school
  • Unavoidable school closures
  • Complain about a school
  • Become a school governor
  • School attendance - pay an education penalty notice
  • Hospital or home teaching if your child is ill
  • Team Around the School and Settings or TASS

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