This policy applies only to children under the age of 16. Where a member of staff is concerned about a child missing from education, this policy should be followed.
Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and Procedures
Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE 2021) – DfE (pdf).
The College monitors attendance closely, taking registers for each class four times during each day. Our Attendance Officer follows up each unauthorised absence with a telephone call or email. The College will inform the Local Authority if any pupil fails to attend college for 10 days in succession.
Where a pupil has been continuously absent without authorisation for a period of not less than 20 school days and there are no reasonable grounds to believe the pupil is unwell or unable to attend because of any unavoidable cause and the College and the local authority have failed, following reasonable enquiry, to ascertain the whereabouts of the pupil, the College may delete the pupil’s name from the admission’s register. The College will inform the Local Authority.
This policy shall be reviewed every year as part of the College’s annual review of safeguarding and updated as necessary. In undertaking this review the DSL takes into account any incidents of missing students during the previous year and assesses whether there may be a problem with supervision, student support or security at the College, reporting to individual members of staff, students and parents.
Authorised by
The Principal
Date
September 2021
Effective date of the policy
September 2021
Circulation
Teaching staff / all staff / parents / Students on request
Review date
September 2022