ACE

ACE stands for the attendance (statutory), child employment & entertainment, elective home education and children missing education team.

We provide advice and support to school staff and parents/carers on:

What we do

Issue performance licenses for children in entertainment and work permits for juvenile employees. See Children in Entertainment & Employment
Maintain a register of children missing education and ensuring their return to provision
Oversee all children electively home-educated
Issue penalty notices for non-attendance at school
Coordination of prosecutions on behalf of school staff in relation to non-attendance at school. Also initiate School Attendance Orders (SAO), as appropriate, when parents/carers fail to ensure that their child is in receipt of a suitable education.

We support schools in fulfilling their statutory functions in relation to attendance. This includes:

advice on registration codes and register inspections
off-rolling and notifications of children missing education (CME), defined as those without provision as opposed to non-attendees
the process for exclusion from school, both fixed term and permanent
support with whole-school initiatives to improve attendance

Our ACE reference manual gives advice and guidance on policies, procedures and legislation to professionals in the team’s areas of responsibility.

Postal address:

ACE Team,
3rd Floor,
145 King Street
London W6 9XY

Richie Adeyeye – Principal Admissions Officer
Richie.Adeyeye@lbhf.gov.uk
0208 753 5431

Anwar Raihani - Lead Adviser
Anwar.Raihani@lbhf.gov.uk
07741 985404

Elizabeth Spearman - Head of ACE and Admissions
Elizabeth.Spearman@lbhf.gov.uk
0208 753 6231

To request attendance support for individual pupils and their families, please email familyservices@lbhf.gov.uk