Children missing education

There are certain vulnerable groups who are more likely than others to become children missing education. They are:

• children living in domestic abuse refuges
• children of homeless families perhaps living in temporary accommodation
• children with long-term medical or emotional problems
• looked after children
• children with a Gypsy/Roma/Traveller background
• children from transient families
• children who are permanently excluded from school
• migrant children whether in families seeking asylum or economic migrants
• children moving out of independent schools/academies/free schools
• children whose parent(s) are in the Armed Forces
• young people who have committed offences
• young runaways
• young carers
• teenage mothers.

The council is committed to supporting children missing education by ensuring:

• all pupils who may be missing from Slough schools, including independent schools, academies and free schools, are located without delay
• support is given to other Local Authorities to locate missing children who may have moved into Slough
• make use of the DfE’s central School2School (s2s) database
• joint reasonable enquiries are made with schools and designated Local Authority staff to locate children who are missing from school as soon as possible
• all children living in Slough  are in receipt of a suitable education in accordance with their age, ability, aptitude and any special educational needs they may have
• all children living in Slough are safeguarded and their welfare promoted.