If you de-register your child from school (school record)

[angelstar]

What happens to their school record? Do school send it to us? What about her excercise books? I'm about to take the de-registration letter to school and am wondering if I should have asked for these in the letter. thanks

When I deregistered my children I did not receive their school record nor did any of the schools they attended later on. We did not receive their books but I forgot to ask - I am sure if you ask they would give you the books. Good luck.

I asked, in a written requeset based on a standard from the Office of the Information Commissioner, and the school wouldn't give me his record or any of his workbooks.

I believe the reason for this was that the books would show that he hadn't been supported in school and was seriously underachieving (I had evidence for that myself).

I even got the EWO manager to enquire on my behalf and she was told that I already had the most up to date record available (I hadn't, they'd sent me nothing other than his attendance record) and at that point I realised it was going to become a 'their word against mine' situation so didn't pursue it.

The OIC website has a standard letter you can use (it's called a Subject Access Request), but some people advise a different approach involving the Data protection Act but I'm not sure how you go about that.