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Pupil wellbeing, behaviour and attendance

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

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. Education and attendance information from your council

    How your council encourages attendance at school - truancy, unauthorised absences, education welfare officer

  1. Tell Ofsted about a serious childcare incident: online form for local authorities

    Notification form for use by local authorities to tell Ofsted about serious childcare incidents for children living at home or in care.

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Guidance and regulation

  1. School leaving age

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

    Answer

  2. 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

    Guide

  3. Working together to safeguard children

    Statutory guidance

    Department for Education

  1. Keeping children safe in education

    • Statutory guidance
    • Department for Education

  2. Emergency planning and response

    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Education
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News and communications

Education Secretary Hastings
Education Secretary marks Mental Health Awareness Week in Hastings

Department for Education

News story

  1. Relationships and Sex Education for the 21st Century

    • Department for Education
    • News story

  2. PE and Sports Premium doubles to £320 million

    • Department for Education
    • News story

  3. Amanda Spielman's speech at the Birmingham Education Partnership conference

    • Ofsted
    • Speech

  4. PM: mental health training for teachers will "make a real difference to children's lives"

    • Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care, and Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
    • Press release
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Policy and engagement

  1. Keeping children safe in education: proposed revisions

    Department for Education

    Consultation outcome

    Date closed 22 February 2018

  2. School exclusions review: call for evidence

    Department for Education

    Closed consultation

    Date closed 06 May 2018

  3. Working Together to Safeguard Children: revisions to statutory guidance

    Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care, Home Office, Ministry of Justice, and Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

    Consultation outcome

    Date closed 31 December 2017

  1. School exclusions review: terms of reference

    • Department for Education
    • Policy paper

  2. Alternative provision: vision and reform

    • Department for Education
    • Policy paper
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Transparency

  1. Longitudinal study of young people in England: cohort 2, wave 3

    • Department for Education
    • Research

  2. Longitudinal study of young people in England: cohort 2, wave 2

    • Department for Education
    • Research

  3. Longitudinal study of young people in England: cohort 2, wave 1

    • Department for Education
    • Research

  4. Approaches to preventing and tackling bullying

    • Department for Education
    • Research

  5. Pupil absence in schools in England: 2016 to 2017

    • Department for Education
    • National statistics
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Organisations

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