Decision details

Updated Children Missing Education Policy

Decision Maker: Strategic Director of Children and Young People's Services

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To refresh the Rotherham Children Missing Education Policy.

 

Rotherham’s current policy was approved in August 2020. It is being reviewed in line with changes to National School Attendance guidance and drafting changes will be proposed in order to align with this. The basis of the policy and key actions to be taken will remain the same.

 

Decision:

 

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

15 October 2024

 

Title:

Updated Children Missing Education Policy

 

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Nicola Curley, Strategic Director CYPS

 

 

Details of Specific Cabinet Delegation

or Delegation contained in the relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.

 

Delegated executive function as per Constitution- Appendix 9, Section 4C4, Paragraph 3.

Decision:

Updates to the Children Missing Education Policy are agreed

 

Reasons for the Decision:

To ensure that statutory duty in respect of Children Missing Education continues to be discharged

 

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

There were no alternative options to consider- this is a statutory LA function and policy is required to support this

 

Conflicts of interest declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

None declared

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

n/a

 

Reports or parts of reports considered

The report of the Strategic Director CYPS – Updated Children Missing Education Policy and associated appendices

 

 

I certify that this is a true record of the executive decision to ….

 

Agreed updates to the Children Missing Education Policy

 

Signed by the Decision Maker  

 

 

 

Dated:          30th October 2024

 

Name:          Nicola Curley                             

Job Title:    Strategic Director CYPS

 

 

Publication date: 01/11/2024

Date of decision: 01/11/2024

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