Schools and on roll settings have a legal duty to safeguard children under the keeping children safe in education (opens link in new window) guidance. This safeguarding duty includes 'preventing the impairment of children's mental and physical development.'
There is also the mental health and behaviour in school (opens link in new window) guidance. This guidance states that the on-roll school setting should have a whole school approach to creating a safe calm environment where mental health problems are less likely to develop, recognise emerging issues as early as possible and help pupils to access support at an early opportunity.
They also have a legal duty under the Children’s and families Act 2014 (opens link in new window), to work with you to identify and support any special needs that your child may have.
This means that if your child is struggling to attend school because of their SEND, their school should be working to offer appropriate support or to further investigate your child's SEND if not enough is known about it.
They can also take advice from and make referrals to other external support service and teams.