Education welfare resources
Below is a list of education welfare resources including forms, policies and guides.
School attendance
- Providing education for children not in school due to health needs
 - Section 19 (s.19) duty
 - Education welfare traded services brochure
 - Model attendance policy
 - Model attendance contract
 - 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
 - Working together to improve attendance
 
Penalty notices (PN)
- Code of conduct on the issue of penalty notices
 - 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
Chaperones
Data analytics
- National, regional and local termly attendance (create your own table)
 - National, regional and local weekly attendance (create your own table)
 - National, regional and local elective home education data
 - National, regional and local child missing education data
 - Penalty notice figures
 
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