AQW 30879/22-27
Mrs Michelle Guy
Alliance Party
Lagan Valley
Tabled Date: 10/09/2025
Answered On Date: 12/09/2025
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 30279/22-27, to outline the reasons why no actions have been taken, given the acknowledgment within the Attendance Guidance & Absence Recording By Schools – Circular 2024-13 that The Department of Education and the Education Authority are aware that schools may not always be completing these forms, despite it being a legal requirement to do so.
Answer:
It is the role of the Board of Governors is to ensure that the Principal keeps a General Register of the pupils at the school. Part of this role will be the completion and submission of completed SA1 forms when it is appropriate to remove a pupil from the school register. Current guidance for Boards of Governors in respect of the maintenance of a school register is available at the link below: Guidance on pupil registration and attendance A pupil’s name may be removed from a school’s register only in the following circumstances: Reason for Removal | Date of Removal | Confirmation that pupil is registered at another school in Northern Ireland | Day of last attendance | Departure from Northern Ireland | Day of last attendance | Expulsion | Day of expulsion | Death | Day of death | Leaves school after having completed his/her compulsory education | Day of last attendance | Parent/carer advises that child is being removed under Regulation 6(2) of The Registration and Attendance of Pupils Regulations (NI) 1974 [No. 78], for example elective home education. | Day of last attendance |
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