Hi,
Does anyone have experience of a school automatically referring to an EWO and what I can do about it?
For context, my DS missed two days of school within the first two weeks of term, due to a close family bereavement which he took very hard and needed to attend the funeral. It was agreed with the School and no concern about attendance was raised at the time. As it was in the first few weeks, his attendance dipped to 90% although it has risen since, he has no other attendance issues and hasn’t done in previous years. I had an email from the School flagging that his attendance was poor, but no mention of a referral or further action. I replied and set out the circumstances and didn’t have a response. Today I’ve had a text message saying I may receive a visit from an EWO or “education welfare officer” to discuss how to get him back into school. My issue is he’s in School, I’ve never been referred before and this has made me panic that someone is going to turn up on my doorstep. The School isn’t replying and I don’t know what else to do. Does anyone have any experience of this? I work full time as does my husband so we won’t be in if anyone does come.