The Education Welfare Service aims to ensure that children and young people fully benefit from the educational opportunities available to them. To achieve this, the Education Welfare Service works with children and young people, their families, educational services and establishments and other statutory and voluntary agencies.
All schools in Redcar & Cleveland are visited regularly by one of the team of Education Welfare Officers (EWOs). The EWOs encourage regular attendance at school and help to resolve any problems, which may be affecting pupils' school attendance. The service can also advise and assist in areas such as child protection, bullying, exclusion from school, special educational needs. All of these issues can have a significant effect on attendance.
The law makes parents responsible for ensuring that their children of compulsory school age (5 to 16) receive a suitable, full-time education. In Redcar & Cleveland, the Education Welfare Service (on behalf of the Local Authority) is responsible for ensuring that parents fulfil this duty.
How can I contact the Education Welfare Service?
Education Welfare Officers are available to offer advice, guidance and assistance. An individual Education Welfare Officer is allocated to each school and can be contacted at the address and telephone number below. To view list of schools officers see attached EWO Allocations January 2013.
Deanne Taylor - Team Manager
Address: Education Welfare Service, Redcar & Cleveland House, Kirkleatham Street, Redcar, TS10 1RT
Tel: (01642) 771610/771613
Fax: (01642) 771616
Can I be fined for taking my child on holiday during term time?
Term time holidays should be the exception, not the rule. All family holidays should be taken, as far as possible, during the school holiday periods. Penalty Notices of up to £120 have been introduced through the Anti Social Behaviour Act (February 27th 2004) and could be enforced by the Local Authority if appropriate. Two weeks holiday in term time every year (with no other absences) means that your child can only ever achieve 95% attendance and will miss about two terms in a school career.
'Taking a child out of school for a holiday during term time without the Headteacher's permission is unacceptable and will be treated as truancy.'
Ivan Lewis, Education Minister (30/12/2003)
Further information about Holidays during term-time.
Education Welfare Officers:
- Claire Foxton
- Hannah Grooch
- Erika Griffiths
- Elaine Savage
- June O'Hanlon
- Emma Draper
- Deanne Taylor
- Ian Crocker
- Jackie Kelly
- Eunice Weedy
- Peter Davies
Tel: (01642) 444102
Redcar & Cleveland House, Kirkleatham Street, Redcar
