Professional Resources This site puts cookies on your device to make it work better. By continuing to use our site, we’ll assume you’re okay with this. More about cookies Close notification Home Education and children Child protection and safeguarding Pupil Services: Children Missing Education Identifying and maintaining contact with children missing, or at risk of going missing, from education. The process of tracking pupils without an educational placement is part of our collective responsibility and ongoing commitment to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.It is vital that anyone who becomes aware that a child is not, or does not appear to be receiving education, notifies the CME team.Referral FormsHow we identify and monitor children missing educationThe CME team will:Receive and process referrals from an individual and/or agencyTrack and monitor Leicestershire children who are missing, or at risk of missing, educationRun a variety of reports from the pupil database (e.g. children who have become statutory school age and do not have a school place)Track and monitor children and young people who leave the county without a forwarding schoolRefer onto other services as appropriate e.g. Children’s Social CareEarly years children missing educationThere is no national guidance for children of non-statutory school age. Our best practice guidance is developed in line with the statutory guidance for local authorities on children missing education (DfE 2015) to ensure clear processes are in place for all children in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS):Guidance for schools PDF, 545 kbOpens new windowGuidance for early years providers PDF, 226 kbEarly Years CME Referral FormChildren most at risk of missing educationSome of the most at-risk groups are:Children under the supervision of the youth justice systemFamilies fleeing domestic violenceHomeless families, perhaps living in temporary accommodation, houses of multiple occupancy or Bed and BreakfastRunaways Families involved in anti-social behaviourChildren affected by substance and/or alcohol misuse Unaccompanied asylum seekers; children of refugees and asylum seeking familiesNew immigrant families, who are not yet established in the UK & may not have fixed addressesMigrant worker families (who may not be familiar with the education system)Families who can be highly mobile, eg parents in the armed forces, Gypsy, Roma and traveller familiesHome educated children not receiving suitable tuitionChildren who have been bulliedChildren who have suffered discrimination on the grounds of race, faith, gender, disability or sexualityAt risk of sexual exploitation, including children who have been trafficked to, or within the UKAt risk of ‘honour’ based violence including forced marriage or female genital mutilationLooked after children/children in care; Children who go missing from carePrivately fosteredYoung carersTeenage parentsPermanently excluded from school, particularly those excluded unlawfully e.g. for problematic behaviour or offendingParents take them abroad for a prolonged periodRegistered with a school that has closed, and have not made the transition to another schoolParents with mental health problemsParents with learning difficultiesLong term medical or emotional problemsNotify the CME TeamStatutory guidance requires all Local Authorities to have a named individual responsible for children missing from education. Contact the CME Team directly or use the Referral Forms (MS Word documents):Referral form - children missing education Referral form - early years children missing education Referral form - elective home education (EHE) Referral form - children with medical needs Further reading Help us improve this page Hide content Was this page helpful? Yes It was helpful, but Please select a reasonthere's a broken link it's hard to understand it's incorrect it's outdated it's too long Other No Please select a reasonit didn't answer my question it's not detailed enough it's hard to understand it's incorrect it's outdated it's too long Other Details Email address We’ll only use this to ask for more detail if we need to. Top of page
Home Education and children Child protection and safeguarding Pupil Services: Children Missing Education Identifying and maintaining contact with children missing, or at risk of going missing, from education. The process of tracking pupils without an educational placement is part of our collective responsibility and ongoing commitment to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.It is vital that anyone who becomes aware that a child is not, or does not appear to be receiving education, notifies the CME team.Referral FormsHow we identify and monitor children missing educationThe CME team will:Receive and process referrals from an individual and/or agencyTrack and monitor Leicestershire children who are missing, or at risk of missing, educationRun a variety of reports from the pupil database (e.g. children who have become statutory school age and do not have a school place)Track and monitor children and young people who leave the county without a forwarding schoolRefer onto other services as appropriate e.g. Children’s Social CareEarly years children missing educationThere is no national guidance for children of non-statutory school age. Our best practice guidance is developed in line with the statutory guidance for local authorities on children missing education (DfE 2015) to ensure clear processes are in place for all children in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS):Guidance for schools PDF, 545 kbOpens new windowGuidance for early years providers PDF, 226 kbEarly Years CME Referral FormChildren most at risk of missing educationSome of the most at-risk groups are:Children under the supervision of the youth justice systemFamilies fleeing domestic violenceHomeless families, perhaps living in temporary accommodation, houses of multiple occupancy or Bed and BreakfastRunaways Families involved in anti-social behaviourChildren affected by substance and/or alcohol misuse Unaccompanied asylum seekers; children of refugees and asylum seeking familiesNew immigrant families, who are not yet established in the UK & may not have fixed addressesMigrant worker families (who may not be familiar with the education system)Families who can be highly mobile, eg parents in the armed forces, Gypsy, Roma and traveller familiesHome educated children not receiving suitable tuitionChildren who have been bulliedChildren who have suffered discrimination on the grounds of race, faith, gender, disability or sexualityAt risk of sexual exploitation, including children who have been trafficked to, or within the UKAt risk of ‘honour’ based violence including forced marriage or female genital mutilationLooked after children/children in care; Children who go missing from carePrivately fosteredYoung carersTeenage parentsPermanently excluded from school, particularly those excluded unlawfully e.g. for problematic behaviour or offendingParents take them abroad for a prolonged periodRegistered with a school that has closed, and have not made the transition to another schoolParents with mental health problemsParents with learning difficultiesLong term medical or emotional problemsNotify the CME TeamStatutory guidance requires all Local Authorities to have a named individual responsible for children missing from education. Contact the CME Team directly or use the Referral Forms (MS Word documents):Referral form - children missing education Referral form - early years children missing education Referral form - elective home education (EHE) Referral form - children with medical needs Further reading Help us improve this page Hide content Was this page helpful? Yes It was helpful, but Please select a reasonthere's a broken link it's hard to understand it's incorrect it's outdated it's too long Other No Please select a reasonit didn't answer my question it's not detailed enough it's hard to understand it's incorrect it's outdated it's too long Other Details Email address We’ll only use this to ask for more detail if we need to.