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This section of the website is primarily for children and young people, and their carers to find out about education and schools in the city. You can also find out about adult and community learning opportunities.

For information on adoption, fostering and health and social care services that we provide for children, young people and their families, please see our children's social care pages.

Some of our most popular pages are linked below, otherwise please use the left hand menu to navigate through our pages.

If you are looking for information on teaching in our schools please visit the Teach Southampton section.

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Latest News in Learning

Primary Development consultation - Closed 6 June

There are currently five pairings of co-located infant and junior schools in the city for which the development of a primary school is being explored. Consultation was open until 6 June. A final decision will likely be made in July 2013.

School term dates 2014-15

The school term and holiday dates for 2014-15 have now been agreed. You can download them and the dates for the current and next academic year here.

GCSE results improve again in Southampton

Southampton’s secondary schools are enjoying a good start to the new year after the Department for Education published the verified GCSE results from 2012 – confirming that it was a record year for schools in the city.

School closures

During an emergency schools may be forced to close, for example because of heavy snow or utilities failure. Any school closures will be listed here.