All local authorities have a statutory responsibility to identify children missing from education (CME), and those pupils at risk of being missing from education. This applies in relation to children of compulsory school age who…

The Children’s Education Advisory Service (CEAS) within the Ministry of Defence provides advice and guidance to Service parents, educational establishments and local authorities on educational issues relating to Service…

The Ethnic Minority Achievement Team (EMAT) is a team of professionals including teachers, teaching assistants, an educational welfare officer, and a family support worker. Our aim is to work in partnership with schools to support…

The Department for Education (formerly Department for Children, Schools and Families) produces guidance for schools regarding exclusions.  Headteachers, teachers in charge of a PRU, governing bodies, local authorities (LAs), and…

NYAS stands for the National Youth Advocacy Service. NYAS is the leading national provider of advocacy for children and young people.  We provide lots of services and some services for adults. Our main service though is advocacy for…

Who we are and what we do Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills. We report directly to Parliament and we are independent and impartial. We inspect and regulate services which care for children…

School Governors represent the largest volunteer group in the UK and are selected from a variety of backgrounds to reflect the many interest groups within our schools. The governing body has a range of duties and powers, and a strategic…

The SEND Assessment Team is part of Middlesbrough Councils SEND and Vulnerable Learners Service, who are responsible for our Local Offer website.   The main work of the SEND Assessment Team is to co-ordinate Statutory EHC Assessment…

There was recently a re-structure of the Hearing Impaired and Visually Impaired Services, and we have now combined to become one team. The Service will continue to be a joint arrangement between four local authorities with…

The Department for Education (DfE) is working collaboratively with selected Local Authorities to establish new schools that fit within the local authorities’ strategies for children and young people with special educational needs…