Children Missing Education
Who is a Child Missing from Education ?
For the purpose of Liverpool's CME Guidance and Practice a Child Missing from Education (CME) is defined as: Any child of compulsory school age (5-16) who is not registered at any formally approved education activity (eg school, alternative curriculum or home education) and has been out of education provision for a substantial period of time (usually agreed at four weeks).
From February 2007 there is a statutory duty on Local Authorities to identify those children of statutory school age who are not registered at any formally approved education activity and therefore classified as CME.
More information about the CME Team along with referral requests can be found on the education EDNET site.