Schools & Education

• Children Missing Education Guidance (2024): This statutory guidance sets out key principles to enable local authorities in England to implement their legal duty under section 436A of the Education Act 1996 to make arrangements to identify, as far as it is possible to do so, children missing education (CME). Local authorities should be able to demonstrate that they have considered this statutory guidance and where it is not followed, the local authority should have reasonable grounds for not doing so. This advice is not exhaustive and local authorities will need to take into account the circumstances of individual cases. This guidance replaces the September 2016 version.

• Keeping children safe in education (updated September 2024):KCSIE is statutory guidance from the Department for Education and all schools and colleges must have regard to it when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. ‘Keeping children safe in education’ has been effective from Thursday September 2022 and was updated in 2024.

• Information Sharing Advice for Professionals (2024): the Department for Education has published advice for safeguarding professionals on information sharing. The advice explains relevant legislation and includes key principles and practicalities of sharing personal information.
• Child Protection and Safeguarding Schools Policy example
• Children Missing Education Process for Schools

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