Schools: Admissions

(asked on 7th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they take to track pupils after they have been "off-rolled" by state-funded schools.


Answered by
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Lord Agnew of Oulton
This question was answered on 21st November 2017

We have strengthened the law about what information schools must share with their local council when a pupil is taken off the school roll.

Local councils have a duty, under section 436A of the Education Act 1996, to make arrangements to identify children of compulsory school age in their area who are not registered pupils at a school and are not receiving suitable education otherwise. It is vital that they have robust procedures and policies that enable them to do this, including appointing a named person to whom schools and other agencies can make referrals.

The department produced statutory guidance, attached, ‘Children Missing Education’ in September 2016, which sets out the key principles to enable local councils in England to implement this duty.

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