Management Information Sheet

The Local Authority is currently reviewing the practices and procedures of Services to Home Educators and the support offered to families who elect to educate their children at home in Norfolk. As a result, the pupil referral form has been revised as attached below. Schools should complete this form along with an Off-Roll Notification form when they receive written notification that a parent intends to withdraw their child from school to home educate.

Why should I complete this form?
The Education (Pupil Registration) Regulations (2006) places a duty on all schools to inform the Local Authority of any pupil who is going to be deleted from the admission register where a parent has taken their child out of school to home educate. In accordance with the Regulations, this return to the Local Authority should be made as soon as the ground for deletion is met in relation to that pupil, and in any event no later than deleting the pupil's name from the register. Schools can only delete a pupil's name from the admission register when a parent has confirmed to them in writing that it is now their wish to educate their child at home. When the letter/email has been received, schools should notify the LA by completing both an Off Roll Notification form in line with LA procedures and this referral form. If the school holds a safeguarding file they should send a copy of this to Services to Home Educators. The school should maintain all other pupil information until/if requested by another educational establishment in the future.

In order to ensure that Services to Home Educators (SHE) can provide parents and children with appropriately targeted support and guidance please could you complete this form as fully as possible and return it to us with a copy of the letter/email received from parents/carers outlining their intention to home educate their child. The information schools provide supports SHE's RAG rating process, ensuring that the most vulnerable children can be supported as soon as possible.

Should you have any further questions, please contact Services to Home Educators on 01603 307733.

Thank you for your support with this matter.