 from the sixth school day of a fixed period exclusion. This information can be found in the Exclusion from maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units in England statutory guidance. Maintained schools have a safeguarding duty19 in respect of their pupils, and as part of this should investigate any unexplained absences. Academies and independent schools have a similar safeguarding duty20 for their pupils. Further information about schools’ safeguarding responsibilities can be found in the Keeping children safe in education statutory guidance. Recording information in the school’s admission register It is important that the school’s admission register is accurate and kept up to date. Schools should regularly encourage parents to inform them of any changes whenever they occur, through using existing communication channels such as regular emails and newsletters. This will assist both the school and local authority when making enquiries to locate children missing education. Where a parent notifies a school that a pupil will normally live at another address, whether in addition to or instead of their current address, all schools are required0 to record in the admission register21: • the address; • the full name of each parent the pupil will normally live with; and • the date when the pupil will start normally living there. Where the school becomes aware, in circumstances set out in regulation 8(5), that the pupil is will be attending a different school (in addition to or instead of the current school), schools must record this in the admission register in accordance with regulation 8(4)22: • the name of the other school; and • the date when the pupil began or will begin attending the school. 19 Under section 175 of the Education Act 2002 20 Part 3 of the Schedule 