Use this factsheet to make sure staff are clear on:
You could either use it as a basis for talking about the issue at a staff meeting, or send it round for staff to read themselves. You could also share your procedures for unauthorised absence, children absent from education and children missing education at the same time – staff are expected to know these.
Ask staff about the safeguarding risks associated with going missing from education before sharing the factsheet with them.
If you want to have more of a discussion about the issue at a staff meeting, try using these questions:
... use our safeguarding scenario on children missing education to get staff to put the learning into practice.