We provide help, advice and support to those children, young people and their families who are experiencing education related difficulties especially around regular attendance at school.
We support schools by:
- Working in partnership with schools in developing strategies to raise attendance
- Providing advice about implementation of school based policies, procedures and systems, like effective registration procedures
- Receiving attendance referrals
- Developing partnerships between home and school
- Facilitating case conferences and other meetings
- Giving advice and support
- Providing training and other school related activities
- Using statistical analysis as a means of targeting resources and identifying specific school related issues
We support families and pupils by:
- Monitoring the progress of Looked After Children and targeting the appropriate support
- Making home visits to help parents/carers with school attendance problems
- Working directly with pupils to solve difficulties affecting their rights and responsibilities within the education law
- Supporting families when transferring schools
- Helping parents to understand their rights and responsibilities within the education law
- Acting as a link between home and school when communication has broken down
- Providing a link with other agencies on behalf of families
- Providing information on education otherwise than at school
However persistent failure in ensuring your child attends school regularly can lead to prosecution.
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