Fair Access Protocol

• challenging behaviour
• children who have difficulty securing a school place / unplaced children

Challenging behaviour

• a child subject to a managed move
• a child previously permanently excluded from school
• a child currently attending a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) in another local authority area
• a child from the Criminal Justice System or attending a PRU who needs to be reintegrated back into mainstream education
• a child identified as being at significant risk of permanent exclusion
• a child who is Elective Home Educated (EHE) - this is only appropriate where there is evidence that the child meets any of the criteria above

• children known to the police or other agencies
• children without a school place and with a history of serious attendance problems, resulting in previous annual attendance of below 70% and / or where legal action has been taken in relation to non-school attendance, and a school is needed to be named for the School Attendance Order (SAO)
• children of UK service personnel and other Crown Servants

Children who have difficulty securing a school place / unplaced children

• children who have been out of education for longer than two months
• children of Gypsies, Roma, Travellers, refugees and asylum seekers
• children who are homeless
• children with unsupportive family backgrounds, where a place has not been sought
• children who are carers
• children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or medical conditions, but do not have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)
• children whose parents have been unable to find them a place after moving to the area, because of a shortage of places
• children withdrawn from schools by their family, following fixed term exclusions and unable to find another place
• children who are Elective Home Educated (EHE) - this is only appropriate where there is evidence that the child meets any of the criteria above.