Pupils
Advice and guidance is available to help you deal with a range of issues in your life, including bullying; keeping safe and your emotional health and wellbeing.The Department is responsible for:
- Promoting positive behaviour and regular attendance at school - (includes school discipline policies, susupensions and expulsions, attendance, anti-bullying programme, alternative educational provision and support services for pupils);
- Safeguarding pupils - (covers all aspects of child protection policy and guidance within the education sector and the listing of persons as unsuitable to work with children); and
- Supporting children at risk due to individual circumstances - (covers schools counselling, targeted support/initiatives for specific groups such as school aged mothers, looked after children, young carers, young offenders).
We are also responsible for the additional educational needs of pupils. This includes -
- Educational arrangements for newcomer pupils for whom English is a second language;
- Educational arrangements for pupils from the Traveller and Roma communities; and
- Educational arrangements for pupils from Service Personnel Families
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National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
Barnardo's Young Parents Network
