Pupil wellbeing, behaviour and attendance

Safeguarding pupils. First aid, bullying, exclusions, alternative provision and pupil referral units.

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Services

1. School closures

   School closures happen because of an emergency like severe weather - check whether your child's school is closed on your local council website

2. School term and holiday dates

   Find your child's school term, half term and holiday dates on your local council's website

3. School attendance and absence

   You can be prosecuted if your child has unauthorised absence from school - truancy, help with getting your child to school, and legal action to enforce school attendance

4. School leaving age

   The age you can leave school in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

5. Bullying at school

   Bullying at school and the law - what your school and the police must do about bullying and how you should report it

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Guidance and regulation

1. Keeping children safe in education
   • Statutory guidance
   • 1 October 2019
   • Department for Education
2. Working together to safeguard children
   • Statutory guidance
   • 21 February 2019
   • Department for Education
3. School exclusion
   • Statutory guidance
   • 19 July 2017
   • Department for Education
4. School attendance: guidance for schools
   • Guidance
   • 18 July 2019
   • Department for Education
5. Supporting pupils with medical conditions at school
   • Statutory guidance
   • 16 August 2017
   • Department for Education

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News and communications

14 October 2019 — Press release

Home education: a choice or last resort?

Ofsted

1. First 'State of the Nation' report marks World Mental Health Day
   • 9 October 2019
   • Department for Education and Department of Health and Social Care
   • Press release
2. HMCI commentary: managing behaviour research
   • 11 September 2019
   • Ofsted
   • Authored article
3. Education Secretary calls for children to spend summer outdoors
   • 19 July 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Press release
4. National mental health programme between schools and NHS
   • 11 July 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

1. A review of the literature on anxiety for educational assessments
   • 14 February 2020
   • Ofqual
   • Research
2. Period product scheme: the learner perspective
   • 18 January 2020
   • Department for Education
   • Research
3. Exploring moving to home education in secondary schools
   • 14 October 2019
   • Ofsted
   • Research
4. Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2018 and spring 2019
   • 10 October 2019
   • Department for Education
   • National statistics
5. Knife crime: safeguarding children and young people in education
   • 16 September 2019
   • Ofsted
   • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Restraint in mainstream settings and alternative provision
   • 27 June 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Closed consultation
   • Date closed 17 October 2019
2. School exclusions review: call for evidence
   • 11 June 2019
   • Department for Education and Race Disparity Unit
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 06 May 2018
3. Character and resilience: call for evidence
   • 26 May 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Closed consultation
   • Date closed 05 July 2019
4. Children not in school
   • 2 April 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Closed consultation
   • Date closed 25 June 2019
5. Period products scheme: impact assessment
   • 18 January 2020
   • Department for Education
   • Impact assessment

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Responses to our research into knife crime
   • 16 September 2019
   • Ofsted
   • Foi release
2. Bullying in England: April 2013 to March 2018
   • 12 November 2018
   • Department for Education
   • Transparency
3. Schools, pupils and their characteristics: 2002 to 2009 data
   • 23 August 2018
   • Department for Education
   • Transparency
4. Absence rates by gender, age and free school meal status
   • 15 March 2018
   • Department for Education
   • Transparency
5. Safeguarding children and young people: memorandum of understanding between Ofsted and DfE
   • 23 November 2016
   • Department for Education and Ofsted
   • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Department for Education
2. Department of Health & Social Care
3. Government Equalities Office
4. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
5. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

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1. Public Health England
2. Department for Work & Pensions
3. Home Office
4. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
5. Cabinet Office
6. Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel
7. Ministry of Defence
8. Ministry of Justice
9. Race Disparity Unit
10. Teaching Regulation Agency

1. Ofsted
2. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
3. Ofqual
4. UK Council for Internet Safety

Explore sub-topics

1. Alternative provision and pupil referral units
2. Health, safety and wellbeing in schools
3. Safeguarding pupils
4. School attendance and absence
5. School bullying
6. School discipline and exclusions