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a school attendance order (SAO), which names a school, is overridden

child has enrolled at another school (unless dual-registered)

child has enrolled at another school following dual registration

parent has informed the school, in writing, that s/he has decided to home educate (please upload the parent’s ‘decision to EHE’ letter/email under ‘Supporting Documents’ at the end of this form)

child has stopped attending because s/he no longer ordinarily resides at a place which is a reasonable distance from the school (must only be used if the new home address is known and is in this country)

child has stopped attending because s/he no longer resides in this country;

Following an authorised leave of absence of ten days or more - (i) the pupil has failed to attend school within ten days immediately following the expiry of the period for which the leave was granted; (ii) the school does not have reasonable grounds to believe that the pupil is unable to attend the school by reason of sickness or any unavoidable cause; and (iii) both the school and the local authority have failed, after reasonable enquiry, to ascertain where the pupil is

Child has been certified by a medical professional as unlikely to be in a fit state of health to attend school before ceasing to be of compulsory school age (and the parent has not informed the school that the child will continue to attend the school after ceasing to be of compulsory school age)

The child has been continuously absent from the school for a period of not less than twenty school days; (i) at no time was any of this absence authorised; (ii) the school does not have reasonable grounds to believe that the pupil is unable to attend the school by reason of sickness or any unavoidable cause; and (iii) both the school and the Local Authority have failed, after reasonable enquiry, to ascertain where the pupil is

that s/he is detained, by a final court order, for a period of not less than four months, and the proprietor does not have reasonable grounds to believe that the pupil will return to the school at the end of that period

that the pupil has died

that s/he will cease to be of compulsory school age before the school next meets and the parent/carer has indicated that he will cease to attend the school

in the case of a pupil at a school other than a maintained school, an academy, a city technology college or a city college for the technology of the arts, that he has ceased to be a pupil of the school

that he has been permanently excluded from the school

where the pupil has been admitted to the school to receive nursery education, that he has not on completing such education transferred to a reception, or higher, class at the school

For children NOT of compulsory school age only: that s/he has ceased to attend the school (including continuous absence as per reg ‘h’); been permanently excluded; has not transferred from Nursery to a higher class (as per reg. ‘N’) that the pupil has died,