National and local policy framework
The roles and responsibilities of school, parents and local authorities are clearly defined within statutory guidance and aligned with the latest statutory expectations from the UK Department for Education (DfE), including:
- Working Together to Improve School Attendance (DfE)
- Working Together to Safeguard Children (DfE)
- Healthy Child Programme (HCP) ) for ages 5-19, specifically the school nursing element (Part3)
- Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies: guidance for local authorities, implementing Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies services
- Children Missing Education Guidance (DfE)
- Keeping Children Safe in Education (DfE)
- School Attendance (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations (DfE 2024)
- Supporting Pupils at School with Medical Conditions (DfE)
- Education for Children with Health Needs Who Cannot Attend School (DfE)
- Alternative provision: statutory guidance for local authorities and schools, (DfE)
- Promoting the education of children with a social worker and children in kinship care arrangements (DfE)