Rights and responsibilities
Parental guidance, child education and your rights as a parent
As a parent, you are vital to your child's education and you have certain rights and responsibilities.
Good communication between school and parents is essential. This section
should guide you on what to expect from your child's school and what is
expected from you.
The Rights and responsibilities section includes:
How to
complain
Concerns and complaints about schools
Special educational needs complaints
Local authority complaints
Unlawful discrimination
Pupil health and safety complaints
Complaining to
Ofsted
Parents' complaints about schools as a whole
Information and contact details
Parental
responsibility
Rights to participate in educational decisions
DCSF guidance on responsibilities
Pupil
records
Gaining access to your child's records
When schools refuse access
School
choice and your rights
If your child is not offered a place in school
Legal class limits
If your preferred school is very popular
Admission criteria
Coordinated admissions
Behaviour
and attendance - your responsibilities
School attendance: your responsibilities
Parenting contracts
Parenting orders
Penalty notices
