ighbours, landlords – private or social housing providers – and other local stakeholders who are involved. They should also record that they have completed these procedures. If there is reason to believe a child is in immediate danger or at risk of harm, a referral should be made to children’s social care (and the police if appropriate). A pupil’s name can only be removed from the admission register under regulation 9(1)(h) or (i) of the School Attendance (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2024 if the conditions of paragraph (iii) have been met - the school and the local authority must have jointly made reasonable efforts to find out the pupil’s location and circumstances and have either failed to do so, or located the pupil and found out their circumstances but agree there are no reasonable grounds to believe the pupil will attend the school again, taking into consideration any reasonable steps that the school and local authority could take jointly or separately) to secure the pupil’s attendance.. Local authorities and schools should agree roles and responsibilities locally in relation to making joint enquiries. Further information on the deletion of the names of pupils who have been located but have not returned to school is included in the ‘Working together to improve school attendance’ guidance (Chapter 7 - Ground H and Ground I). As set out in Working Together to Safeguard Children statutory guidance, the Local Safeguarding Children Board should agree with the local authority and its partners a threshold document, which includes the criteria for when a case should be referred to local 14 authority children’s social care for assessment and for statutory services. In addition, local authorities, with their partners, should develop and publish local protocols 