Northern Area Children and Young People's Committee, NHSSB, Northern Ireland

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Vision Statement

To ensure that children of compulsory school age in the categories identified are receiving an education best suited to their needs. To ensure that, for children whose formal education is interrupted, a system is in place to identify, assess and secure appropriate provision.

What we have achieved to date;

Information about the numbers of children expelled or suspended from school have been refined and are now being analysed annually.
The numbers of children who do not attend school all the time have been incorporated into the inter-agency data-base.
The chair of this group is a member of the Regional Group on Expulsions.
This Sub-Group has initiated a multi-agency task group to take forward a needs assessment of the health, education and social needs of children in Traveller Communities in the area.

What we plan to do during 2005-08 includes;

Establishing consultation with pupils on school policies in Post Primary Schools.
Setting up School Based Care Teams in Post Primary Schools.
Establishing one education action zone in the NEELB area.
Services targeted to those families whose children regularly have unauthorised absence from school will be incorporated into the services data-base.
The needs assessment of the health, education and social needs of children in Traveller communities will be completed and an action plan drawn up.

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