Education Welfare Service
School attendance
- Education Welfare traded services brochure
- Model attendance policy
- School attendance parental responsibility measures
- Education Welfare referral/assessment form
- Good attendance poster
- Good punctuality poster
- School and academy partnership guide
- School absence medical pathway
- EAL guide - English
- EAL guide - Russian
- EAL guide - Latvian
Penalty Notices (PN)
- Code of conduct on the issue of penalty notices in regard to poor school attendance (English version) - September 2024
- School attendance parental responsibility measures
- The Education (Penalty Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (legislation.gov.uk)
- Reply to parent (not authorised) letter
- Reply to parent (reason to believe) letter
- Leave of absence request
- PN request form
- PN3a form
- National Framework 2024 5 minute guide
- Changes to penalty notices for school absence
- Frequently asked questions about penalty notices
For any cross border penalty notice queries, please email crossborderpenaltynotice@barnsley.gov.uk.
Elective home education (EHE)
- Elective home education policy
- Parental guidance for elective home education
- Elective home education notification form (EHE1)
- Elective home education notification form (EHE1)(Online)
- Elective home education visit form (EHE2)
- DfE guidance for local authorities
- DfE guidance for parents
- Five-minute guide on elective home education
- Young persons guide to elective home education
- Elective home education guidance Powerpoint
Gypsy, Roma, Traveller children (GRT)
Children missing education (CME)
- CME - Barnsley policy guidance for schools and academies
- School attendance parental responsibility measures
- CME referral form (paper)
- CME referral form (online)
- CME notification of a non-standard transition form (paper)
- CME notification of a non-standard transition form (online)
- CME statutory guidance for local authorities
- Quick Guide to CME
- CME Training Powerpoint
Exclusions
- Schools and Education settings: Access to Education Guidance - Guidance to support inclusion
- Fair access protocols
Chaperones
Other useful documents and legislation
- Early Help assessment form
- School admissions
- Barnsley Safeguarding Children Partnership
- DfE guidance on keeping children safe in education
- Exclusion of pupils from school
DfE guidance on exclusions from maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units - Section 444(1), Education Act 1996
- Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003
- Children and Young Persons Act 1933
- Children and Young Persons Act 1963
- Children and Young Persons Act 1989
- Pupil Registration Regulations 1995
- Crime and Disorder Act 1998