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Pupil wellbeing, behaviour and attendance
Safeguarding pupils. First aid, bullying, exclusions, alternative provision and pupil referral units.
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Services
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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
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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 leaving age
The age you can leave school in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
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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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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 attendance: guidance for schools
- School exclusion
- Child abuse concerns: guide for practitioners
News and communications
- Education Secretary sets out vision for character and resilience
- One of the largest mental health trials launches in schools
- NHS and schools in England will provide expert mental health support
- Government and top sports bodies to help children play more sport
Research and statistics
- Attendance at grant-aided primary, post-primary and special schools in Northern Ireland – 2017/18
- School Omnibus Survey 2018
- Prevent and counter-extremism in general further education colleges
- Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2017 and spring 2018
- Investigative research into alternative provision
Policy papers and consultations
- Variations in Sex Characteristics Call For Evidence
- Keeping children safe in education: proposed revisions
- School exclusions review: call for evidence
- Alternative provision: response to the select committee report
- School exclusions review: terms of reference
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Bullying in England: April 2013 to March 2018
- Schools, pupils and their characteristics: 2002 to 2009 data
- Absence rates by gender, age and free school meal status
- Safeguarding children and young people: memorandum of understanding between Ofsted and DfE
- Powers of entry: Department for Education report