Many companies also take online applications, he said, so it's not necessary for college students to wait until they get home from a school break to apply for a job.

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The charity trust which owns the school told parents the a way out was to apply for free school status.

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An alternative is to apply for a college card, using summer or school earnings as evidence of capacity.

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There are only a few months to go before parents must apply for secondary school places starting in September 2011.

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He ruled that, in this case, it was "appropriate" for the biological fathers to apply for a contact order, which would set out when they could see the child such as on certain weekends or during school holidays.

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