Attendance and behaviour support and guidance available to schools

Attendance support

Support in dealing with a child's attendance issues, how to request help from an Educational Inclusion Officer

Support in reducing exclusions

How Inclusion Officers can help assess a child's needs and identify a support package for them

Dealing with challenging behaviour

Local and national tools and support for all schools in dealing with challenging behaviour

Social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) panel

Providing early, integrated interventions to primary school children and their families

Reduced timetables

In very exceptional circumstances there may be a need for a temporary reduced timetable to meet a pupil’s individual needs

Managed moves

Managed moves allow a child to have a trial transfer to another school

​Children starting or leaving your school

Schools have a responsibility to notify the local authority when a child has started at or left their school outside the standard transition points (beginning of the school year).

Updating the school admissions register

How to notify us when a child has started or left school and you know where they are going

Exclusions

What to do when a child has been temporarily or permanently excluded from school

Children missing from education

What to do if a child stops attending and their whereabouts are unknown

Children being home educated

How to let us know if a parent or carer has withdrawn their child from school to be educated at home

General enquiries

If your query relates to the above sections and you were unable to find the information you required then please contact: