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In March 2023 Torbay Council signed the Armed Forces Covenant. The Armed Forces Covenant is a promise by the nation ensuring that those who serve or who have served in the armed forces, and their families, are treated fairly.

The Armed Forces Covenant Duty places a legal obligation on certain public bodies to pay due regard to the Covenant principles when exercising certain functions. The principles and our commitment to uphold them is set out in our signed Armed Forces Covenant. 

Torbay Council is also part of the Devon Armed Forces Community Wellbeing Partnership. The Partnership includes a wide range of organisations that collaborate to meet the aims of the Covenant across Devon. 

We are Bronze Award holders under the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme.

If you are a member of the Armed Forces Community and would like to find out more about how the Covenant can help you, or are interested in how you can get involved, go to the national Armed Forces Covenant website.

This short Armed Forces Covenant e-learning programme helps identify which groups make up the Armed Forces Community and what the Armed Forces Covenant and Covenant Duty are. 

Our Armed Forces Champion is Cllr Hayley Tranter who is committed to supporting the Armed Forces Community in Torbay and to promoting the commitments of the Covenant. If you would like to contact Cllr Tranter or make an enquiry about the Armed Forces Covenant in Torbay, please email ArmedForcesCovenant@torbay.gov.uk     

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There are several ways that the school, other key workers and the Attendance Improvement Service (AIS) can support you to address your child’s attendance issues and these can be split into voluntary and legal interventions. Torbay AIS only considers and undertakes legal intervention when all other approaches have been exhausted and the attendance has still failed to improve.

Parenting contracts

Parenting contracts are voluntary and consist of a written agreement between a parent and the school and sometimes other keyworkers. These should contain:

• A statement agreed by all parties to address any issues which in turn will support the attendance process for the child and thereby assist the parent in complying with the contract.
• A timeframe with which to improve the attendance.

Parenting contracts are a useful tool in identifying and focusing on the issues behind the non-attendance and in developing a productive relationship with parents to address the issues.

Entry into a parenting contract is voluntary. You cannot be compelled to enter into a parenting contract but it should be considered by all parties and refusal to enter into a parenting contract agreement will be noted in the legal arena should the case progress further.

Legal actions that can be considered:

• Penalty Notices
• Education Supervision Order (ESO)
• School Attendance Order (SAO)
• Parenting Order
• Summons to Court

The Christmas break starts on Monday 18 December 2023 and ends on Monday 1 January 2024.

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