Deregister from school

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Probably not the right place but unsure where else to post, how do I de register my child from school, I’ve tried to contact the council but they haven’t got back to me.

Write a letter to the headteacher outlining reasons in the first instance and they will usually have a discussion/ meeting with you and then provide a standard letter with next steps

She hasn’t officially started the school it was due for September (she is in year 6 atm) so will I still have to have a meeting if she isn’t actually in the school yet?

Has she moved schools or was she home schooled looking to go to school?

They just need a letter and your reasons.

Have you accepted the place? We were offered our first choice state school place for dd1, did not accept & chose an indie school, but then got lots of emails from not-accepted-school until I emailed them & said dd wasn’t coming and why, and they were grand with it. I didn’t have to formally deregister her or anything.

Sorry the “lots of emails” were just about uniforms and first day etc, not “where the hell are you???”.

Are you in England and is it a mainstream state school? If so, just write to the Head stating you are too taking full responsibility for their education and to remove them from the school roll. There is no requirement to provide reasons or to discuss with the school first. Your LA will then likely contact you.

If she hasn't started yet, just reject the place. It's not technically de-registering as she isn't there yet iyswim.

You can either go on your local admissions portal and amend your response or contact the council admissions team to say the place is no longer needed.

You may get communications from the new school because your name will be on a list but you can just tell them in that instance that the place is no longer needed.

You do not need to tell the school why.

The LA will probably ask where your dd is going to now and you just say home ed.

It can be a little different if they have an EHCP but if not then a letter to the head and I would also cc in the LA Admissions team so they can release the place to another child.

An EHCP shouldn't make any difference but being enrolled in a special school does.

If you are staying till the end of year 6 you don't need to do anything, just don't enrol in the new school at the start of year 7. It's worth writing to the new headteacher, cc your LA's Admissions, to decline the place and stating why to avoid your child being classed as missing from education and you being contacted early in the new academic year.

If you are wanting to leave now you simply need to write a letter to the current headteacher stating that you are taking responsibility for your child's education and removing them from roll.

It's worth contacting your local council's EHE team for advice if you need it, or local EHE networks.

The new school have called me twice today (missed it) and emailed me asking me to call them? Despite me informing them she wouldn’t be starting at the school but they told me I had to go through the council to reject the place but I did but I haven’t heard anything back and the new school keep emailing me. She’s in school now in year 6 she just won’t be starting at the secondary

I work in admissions for a secondary school. This seems a bit extreme.

Just email the secondary school and the council to advise you’re rejecting the place. If you’re going to homeschool just tell them that too as otherwise the council might think that you want a different school.

That should be it from the schools point of view. I often get places withdrawn prior to September of year 7. We then just offer the place to the waiting list. No big deal.

Are you planning to home school op? I am asking as it wasn't clear to me . I am assuming she is in primary school somewhere in UK. Is that right?

Yes I’m planning to home ed, yes I thought it was extreme as well which is why I posted before getting back to them as I’m not sure why they’ve called me twice and emailed me yesterday. I will send them another email.

The school cannot re offer her place without confirmation of her formal withdrawal , probably from the council unless school handles its own admissions.

Presumably they want to offer the place to someone else so will need a process followed.

I did decline it formally I emailed them originally. I called them after to check they had received the email.

Ok in that case I have to tell you communication is sometimes not so great it is possible that your daughters name must have slipped thorough thier list. It is annoying but yes you might have to repeat the same message multiple times until they get it.

It must be stressful for you.