Pupil wellbeing, behaviour and attendance
Safeguarding pupils. First aid, bullying, exclusions, alternative provision and pupil referral units.
Services
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School term and holiday dates
Find your child's school term, half term and holiday dates on your local council's website
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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
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School leaving age
The age you can leave school in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
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School uniform
Schools set school uniform policy and must make their uniform policy. You should talk to the school if you think your child is being discriminated against.
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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
Guidance and regulation
- Keeping children safe in education
- Working together to safeguard children
- School suspensions and permanent exclusions
- Working together to improve school attendance
- Behaviour in schools
News and communications
- Wildflowers seeds for every primary school class in honour of the Coronation
- Funding boost to improve outside learning facilities
- Improving attendance: good practice for schools and multi-academy trusts
- School sports given huge boost to level the playing field for next generation of Lionesses
- Transformational reform begins for children and young people with SEND
Research and statistics
- Pupil attendance in schools
- Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2022
- Persistent absence for unauthorised other reasons: who is at risk?
- Permanent exclusions and suspensions in England: spring term 2021 to 2022
- Pupil absence in schools in England: 2021 to 2022
Policy papers and consultations
- Improving support for children missing education
- Introducing regulations for supported accommodation provision
- Introducing new rules for supported accommodation providers: children and young people with experience of care
- Use of reasonable force and restrictive practices in schools
- SEND and alternative provision improvement plan
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- External public access defibrillator cabinets: eligible schools
- Education, children’s social care and offending
- Period products scheme: management information
- Delivery of air cleaning units and CO2 monitors until 24 June 2022
- Delivery of air cleaning units and CO2 monitors until 6 May 2022