Part time timetables
As set out in Working Together to Improve School Attendance schools are required to notify the Local Authority when they place a child on a part-time timetable. All schools have been sent links to complete a half termly return to the Local Authority.
The Local authority will be requesting the returns be completed every half term, even if you have a nil-return, but if there any changes to a child’s part time timetable outside of that half termly period please submit a new return.
Please see links below. Please email part-timereturns@nottinghamcity.gov.uk with any questions.
What the DFE say about part-time timetables;
Part-time timetables
All pupils of compulsory school age are entitled to a full-time education suitable to their age, aptitude and any special educational needs they may have. In some circumstances their education may be provided partially at school and partially at another educational setting or through education otherwise than at a school in line with section 19 of the Education Act 1996 or section 42 or 61 of the Children and Families Act 2014. Time away from school to receive education in other ways must be recorded in the attendance register using the appropriate codes (see chapter 8
In very exceptional circumstances, where it is in a pupil’s best interests, there may be a need for a school to provide a pupil of compulsory school age with less than full-time education through a temporary part-time timetable to meet their individual needs. For example, where a medical condition prevents a pupil from attending school or another setting full-time and a part-time timetable is used to help the pupil access as much education as possible. A part-time timetable should not be used to manage a pupil’s behaviour.
A part-time timetable should:
- Have the agreement of both the school and the parent the pupil normally lives with.
- Have a clear ambition and be part of the pupil’s wider support, health care or reintegration plan.
- Have regular review dates which include the pupil and their parents to ensure it is only in place for the shortest time necessary.
- Have a proposed end date that takes into account the circumstances of the pupil, after which the pupil is expected to attend full-time, either at school or alternative provision. It can, however, be extended as part of the regular review process. In some limited cases, a pupil with a long-term health condition may require a part time timetable for a prolonged period.
- Where the pupil has a social worker, the school is expected to keep them informed and involved in the process.
- If the pupil has an education health and care plan, the school should discuss the part-time timetable with the local authority so that any support package that is in place can be reviewed as swiftly as possible.
In agreeing to a part-time timetable, a school has agreed to a pupil being absent from school for part of the week or day and therefore must record the absence accordingly (normally using code X or C2).
If you have no returns you can report this through the same referral link.
Part-Time Timetable Protocol - Nottingham City Council
