School Attendance
Below you will find some useful links to support you with School Attendance to help you understand your rights in ENGLAND.
Statutory Guidance (gov.uk)
Children missing education Statutory guidance for local authorities
- This statutory guidance sets out key principles to enable local authorities in England to implement their legal duty under section 436A of the Education Act 1996 to make arrangements to identify, as far as it is possible to do so, children missing education (CME).
- Local authorities should be able to demonstrate that they have considered this statutory guidance and where it is not followed, the local authority should have reasonable grounds for not doing so.
- This advice is not exhaustive and local authorities will need to take into account the circumstances of individual cases.
Guidance (gov.uk)
Working together to improve school attendance
- This is guidance from the Department for Education (DfE). This guidance is nonstatutory, and has been produced to help schools, trusts, governing bodies, and local authorities maintain high levels of school attendance. Following public consultation earlier this year, and subject to Parliament, the Secretary of State has committed to this guidance becoming statutory when parliamentary time allows (this will be no sooner than September 2023).
- This guidance should be read alongside the statutory guidance documents on parental responsibility measures, children missing education, supporting pupils with medical conditions at school, suspensions and exclusions, alternative provision, and safeguarding.
Child Law Advice (https://childlawadvice.org.uk)
Child Law Advice have produced a document on School attendance and absence
The Child Law Advice service is provided by Coram Children’s Legal Centre, the UK’s leading legal children’s charity, which is part of the Coram Group.
For more information - click here
IPSEA (www.ipsea.org.uk)
IPSEA have produced this document on Support children, don’t sanction parents – our response to consultation on school attendance
Independent Provider of Special Education Advice (known as IPSEA) is a registered charity (number 327691) operating in England. IPSEA offers free and independent legally based information, advice and support to help get the right education for children and young people with all kinds of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
For more information - click here
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