ABOUT US
Our Team
Our Focus
Our Focus
The NFIS team are parents of children who have experienced school attendance barriers. Our experiences cover a wide range of influences & causes so between us we have a varied mix of knowledge & interests.
Our Focus
Our Focus
Our Focus
We want to support, inform and empower parents, carers & other family members.
To provide a safe space where people feel part of a community who understand & acknowledge the issues they are facing.
Our Aims
Our Focus
Our Aims
To build a better understanding of school attendance barriers, promote best practice & work with others to effect change so that children, young people & families easily access the understanding & support they need.
for advice & support please JOIN US on Facebook
NFIS Family Support Group
- This group is specifically for parents and other adult FAMILY members
- It is a Facebook CLOSED group so only members can see what is posted
- The group is very PROACTIVE, offering virtually 24/7 peer support and advice. Within the group we average around 50,000 posts, comments and reactions a month
- LEARNING units and a FILES section are available to provide information and advice
- The majority of members are UK based, however we also have members from other countries around the world, including USA, Ireland, Canada, South Africa, Spain, UAE, New Zealand and we are linked to a similar group in Australia.
If you wish to join us, you need to click on the 'Join this group' button in the link below and answer our QUESTIONS for new members
NFIS Parent & Professional Alliance group
This closed Facebook group offers an opportunity for professionals and parents to discuss school attendance difficulties and share information.
If you wish to join us, you need to click on the 'Join this group' button in the link below and answer our QUESTIONS for new members
NFIS Professionals Resolving School Attendance Difficulties
This is a group for PROFESSIONALS who have an interest in supporting children and young people experiencing school attendance difficulties
If you wish to join us, you need to click on the 'Join this group' button in the link below and answer our QUESTIONS for new members
Facebook Public Page
SQUARE PEG & nfis campaign in partnership
JUDICIAL REVIEW CROWDFUNDING
JUDICIAL REVIEW CROWDFUNDING
Collaborations with Education Law specialists Irwin Mitchell helped us to explore potential legal challenges against the Department for Education on behalf of children with school attendance difficulties. In order to do this we raised £7,000 for the initial stage of work.
NEW ATTENDANCE CODE PETITION
Create a new legal attendance/absence code that will measure the scale of school refusal, ensure a consistent school response and alleviate parents from the threat of prosecution.
Education Select Committee SEND ENQUIRY
Education Select Committee SEND ENQUIRY
Not Fine In School and Square Peg made a written submission to the current SEND Enquiry detailing the findings of three NFIS surveys about school attendance difficulties and the links with SEND.
IRWIN MITCHELL PRESS RELEASE
Education Select Committee SEND ENQUIRY
IRWIN MITCHELL PRESS RELEASE
Press release about the judicial review crowdfunding (May 2019)
SPECIAL NEEDS JUNGLE
Education Select Committee SEND ENQUIRY
IRWIN MITCHELL PRESS RELEASE
Article about the judicial review crowdfunding campaign by Beth Bodycote (May 2019)
MENTAL HEALTH TODAY
CENTRE for CRIME & JUSTICE STUDIES
CENTRE for CRIME & JUSTICE STUDIES
Is School 'Refusal' Really Refusal? by Fran Morgan (October 2019)
CENTRE for CRIME & JUSTICE STUDIES
CENTRE for CRIME & JUSTICE STUDIES
CENTRE for CRIME & JUSTICE STUDIES
The injustice of school 'refusal' by Fran Margan (October 2019)
THE GUARDIAN
CENTRE for CRIME & JUSTICE STUDIES
THE GUARDIAN
Article about our campaign by Julie Henry (November 2019)
TOGETHER TRUST: JOINT LETTER
