How to review your policy on children with health needs who can't attend school

Last reviewed on 30 January 2023
Statutory/mandatory for: Maintained schools Academies Free schools Independent schools

See what senior leaders should include in this policy and what questions you can ask them, so you can confidently review it. Take a look at our model policy, and school and trust examples, to get an idea of what yours might look like.

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Contents

  1. Key facts
  2. What this policy needs to do
  3. 4 key questions to challenge the policy
  4. Model policy
  5. Examples from schools

What this policy needs to do

It should reflect:

It's not your job to cross-reference your policy with this guidance, but you should expect your senior leaders to have done so.

While there are no requirements in terms of what this policy should include, you'll want to make sure it sets out: 

  • The school’s responsibilities
  • The LA’s responsibilities
  • How the school will work with the LA, including when the pupil is to be reintegrated

What sort of arrangements the school can make, and how it'll consult parents and pupils about these How the school will reintegrate pupils back into their school How and when the LA would take over responsibility, including how many days the child would need to be absent from school, and the process for

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