Staff should respond in a similar way to cases of honour based violence, as with other abuse. This includes facilitating disclosure and making sure safety plans are put in place by relevant agencies for the child or young person and ensuring their safety by according them confidentiality in relation to the rest of the family. Boys as well as girls can be subject to HBV; gay, lesbian young people can be particularly vulnerable. There is also close link with forced marriage - a young person may at risk of further HBV if seeking to avoid forced marriage and forced marriage is in itself HBV. Appendix 20 Children Missing from Education The government recently consulted on plans to amend regulations from September 2016, to improve information sharing between schools and LAs to help identify children missing education and help protect children from potential harm. At the time of writing these changes are not known but it does give a steer in terms of the direction of travel and therefore may wish to be noted as good practice. All children, regardless of their circumstances, are entitled to a full time education which is suitable to their age, ability, aptitude and any special educational needs they may have. We are aware that local authorities have a duty to establish, as far as it is possible to do so, the identity of children of compulsory school age who are missing education in their area. We recognise that a child going missing from education is a potential indicator of abuse or neglect. When a child is absent from the academy without authority we will follow our procedures for unauthorised absence and for dealing with children that go missing from education, particularly on repeat occasions, to help identify the risk of abuse and neglect, including sexual exploitation, and to help prevent the risks of their going missing in future. We have an admission register and an attendance register which supports the academy in safeguarding children who may be at risk of missing education. We will discuss and agree actions with regards to individual cases with the relevant colleagues in safeguarding/education within Nottinghamshire County Council for pupils who are to be removed from the admission register where the pupil: has been taken out of the academy by their parents and the academy has received written notification from the parent they are being educated outside
Staff should respond in a similar way to cases of honour based violence, as with other abuse. This includes facilitating disclosure and making sure safety plans are put in place by relevant agencies for the child or young person and ensuring their safety by according them confidentiality in relation to the rest of the family. Boys as well as girls can be subject to HBV; gay, lesbian young people can be particularly vulnerable. There is also close link with forced marriage - a young person may at risk of further HBV if seeking to avoid forced marriage and forced marriage is in itself HBV. Appendix 20 Children Missing from Education The government recently consulted on plans to amend regulations from September 2016, to improve information sharing between schools and LAs to help identify children missing education and help protect children from potential harm. At the time of writing these changes are not known but it does give a steer in terms of the direction of travel and therefore may wish to be noted as good practice. All children, regardless of their circumstances, are entitled to a full time education which is suitable to their age, ability, aptitude and any special educational needs they may have. We are aware that local authorities have a duty to establish, as far as it is possible to do so, the identity of children of compulsory school age who are missing education in their area. We recognise that a child going missing from education is a potential indicator of abuse or neglect. When a child is absent from the academy without authority we will follow our procedures for unauthorised absence and for dealing with children that go missing from education, particularly on repeat occasions, to help identify the risk of abuse and neglect, including sexual exploitation, and to help prevent the risks of their going missing in future. We have an admission register and an attendance register which supports the academy in safeguarding children who may be at risk of missing education. We will discuss and agree actions with regards to individual cases with the relevant colleagues in safeguarding/education within Nottinghamshire County Council for pupils who are to be removed from the admission register where the pupil: has been taken out of the academy by their parents and the academy has received written notification from the parent they are being educated outside