What is the Education Welfare Service?
The Education Welfare Service aims to ensure that children and young people fully benefit from the educational opportunities available to them. To achieve this, the Education Welfare Service works with children and young people, their families, educational services and establishments and other statutory and voluntary agencies. All schools in Redcar & Cleveland are visited regularly by one of the team of Education Welfare Officers (EWOs). The EWOs encourage regular attendance at school and help to resolve any problems, which may be affecting pupils’ school attendance. The service can also advise and assist in areas such as child protection, bullying, exclusion from school, special educational needs. All of these issues can have a significant effect on attendance. The law makes parents responsible for ensuring that their children of compulsory school age (5 to 16) receive a suitable, full-time education. In Redcar & Cleveland, the Education Welfare Service (on behalf of the Local Authori
