Children missing education

The Children Missing Education Team helps to track children missing from education. They are defined as all children of compulsory school age who are not on a school roll, nor being educated otherwise for example privately or in alternative provision and who have been out of any educational provision for a substantial period of time. This is usually agreed as four weeks or more.

The team:

• Identify, make and maintain contact with children living in Hackney that are missing education
• Re-engage those missing into appropriate education at the earliest opportunity
• Identify and maintain contact with children residing in Hackney that are at risk of missing education and allocate appropriate support to ensure continuity of education
• Track children moving into Hackney until such time as they are receiving education
• Track children that move out of Hackney until such time as they are known to be engaged in education elsewhere
• Provide advice and guidance to all services in Hackney regarding children missing education