Event Summary
The Children’s Commissioner’s Office (CCO) recent report Lost in transition? The destinations of children who leave the state education system (Feb 2024) highlights how young people are becoming increasingly disengaged with school or leaving the education system altogether to unknown destinations.
Join Westminster Insight’s Children Missing Education Digital Conference to hear directly from the CCO’s Head of Education, Alice Wilcock, on evidence-based recommendations, identifying pupils at-risk of becoming missing in education and the next steps for the sector in tackling this growing issue.
Following a rise in the number of home-educated children in England, gain clarity on the new Labour Government’s plan for requiring local authorities to maintain a Children Not in School register and understand how vital registration monitoring is for safeguarding children.
Hear from experts across local government, schools and policing to understand how multi-agency data sharing can be used across schools, local authorities and other key agencies to identify children not in school and implement the appropriate support pathway.
Spotlighting disproportionately affected groups including Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller children and child refugees, you will learn how your organisation can provide support by developing targeted interventions for those most at-risk of becoming CME.
We will address the disproportionate number of SEND pupils and their families resorting to elective home education by highlighting key areas for the new labour government to prioritise.
The mental health crisis among young people is only adding to the growing number of persistently absent pupils and those not in school at all. Learn about innovative approaches to supporting young people and families effected by Emotionally Based School Avoidance to encourage pupils back to the classroom.
Wherever you are in your journey to help Children Missing Education, join this timely event to keep up to date and connect with peers who are working towards enabling all young people, regardless of their background, access to an education.
Key Points
- Hear evidence-based recommendations from the Children’s Commissioners Office on identifying Children Missing in Education (CME)
- Understanding the legal duty for councils to keep a register of children not in school
- Addressing information sharing and safeguarding concerns: working together to improve outcomes for children
- Learn the benefits of rigorous attendance monitoring for identifying the signs of pupils at-risk of becoming CME
- Addressing the link between child poverty and children not in school
- Facilitating targeted intervention for disproportionately vulnerable groups
- Preparing pupils for secondary school and eliminating external barriers to their education
- Creating a welcoming learning environment where pupils can flourish
- Tackling the mental health crisis among young people
- Taking a whole-family approach: supporting the families of children with Emotionally-based School Avoidance
- Next steps for improving SEND provision across the state education system
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