Kent County Council want all children to feel safe in their
schools and their community. Find out about what we are doing to
help combat bullying in Kent.
An exclusion is when a headteacher has decided to send a pupil
home from school as a disciplinary measure. There are two types of
exclusion: fixed period and permanent.
Education Welfare Officers work closely with schools, children
and their parents, and with other statutory and voluntary agencies
to promote, encourage and enforce regular school attendance of
children of compulsory school age.
Kent County Council is responsible for registering all child
employment in Kent, and for monitoring the effects of work on the
health and education of children. This area covers both children at
work and children taking part in performances.
Important information on procedures to be undertaken when a
school age girl becomes pregnant and details of support services
available, particularly those which enable teenage parents to
resume their education.
Health Needs Education is an education service provision run by
Kent Local Authority for children who are unable to attend their
home school because of illness.