Children Missing Education Statutory Guidance

I would be grateful if you could you please ensure appropriate staff in your schools are aware of paragraph 16 under schools responsibilities within the above DfE document, of the following statement:-

Schools must enter pupils on the admission register at the beginning of the first day on which the school has agreed, or been notified, that the pupil will attend the school. If a pupil fails to attend on the agreed or notified date, the school should undertake reasonable enquiries to establish the child's whereabouts and consider notifying the local authority at the earliest opportunity.

This includes any Yr 7 pupils that were due to start at a secondary school this term who have failed to arrive.  After making your enquiries, if you are unable to confirm that a child is attending another school, a referral must be made to the participation team as a Child Missing Education in the usual manner, using the attached form. When the team has completed all its checks, you will be notified of the point you can remove the child from roll.

Please contact the Participation Team - 01895 250858 or participationteam@hillingdon.gov.uk if you have any questions.