Children Missing Education

As a parent, you have a statutory duty to ensure that your child receives a suitable education.  This means that they must either be registered at a school or in receipt of an education other than at a school.  We can only remove a child from our school role when: 

• We have confirmation from another school that your child is attending their school

or

• You have confirmed in writing your intention to Electively Home Educate and we have submitted the relevant notifications to the Local Authority.

or

• The child has been permanently excluded and all relevant paperwork and notifications have been made to the Local Authority (in this case the LA is responsible for ensuring suitable provision is made)

If your child does not attend school for 10 consecutive days and we have none of the above notifications, we will notify the Local Authority that the child is missing education.