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  2. Elementary Education Act 1880 - Wikipedia

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    Text of the Elementary Education Act 1880 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. The Elementary Education Act 1880 ( 43 & 44 Vict. c. 23), or Mundella's Education Act , was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which extended the Elementary Education Act 1870 ( 33 & 34 Vict. c. 75).

  3. Rise in unauthorised pupil absences in schools in England ...

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    More than 150,000 students in England were ‘severely absent’ during the 2022/23 school year, latest Government figures show.

  4. Raising of school leaving age in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    Compulsory school attendance is usually justified by reference to the argument that minors are incapable of making sufficiently reasoned choices. However, the 16–18 age group falls into a grey area, being regarded as effectively adult in a number of contexts but having extra restrictions and protections placed on their lives in other situations.

  5. Truancy - Wikipedia

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    Truancy is any intentional, unjustified, unauthorized, or illegal absence from compulsory education. It is a deliberate absence by a student's own free will and usually does not refer to legitimate excused absences, such as ones related to medical conditions. Truancy is usually explicitly defined in the school's handbook of policies and procedures.

  6. 'I tried everything to get my daughter to go school'

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    The latest statistics from Glasgow City Council show that every year for the past five years, school absence has increased. The council is now working on a campaign to encourage parents in ...

  7. Crackdown on ‘postcode lottery’ over school absence fines

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    The plans would also tighten up rules on pupil absence in the case of illness. The current regulations allow a pupil’s name to be deleted from registers if their health makes it unlikely they ...

  8. Inset day - Wikipedia

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    In education, an inset day (an abbreviation of in-service training day; alternatively INSET day) [1] is a school day on which teaching sessions are not conducted and students do not attend school, but teachers are required to attend for training or to complete administrative tasks. Inset days allow teachers to catch up on work (such as marking ...

  9. Home education in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    With the Elementary Education Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 75) came attempts to formalise and regulate what had been an ad-hoc schooling system. [12] Campaigners to establish a school system such as the National Education League had argued that schools were for children "not otherwise receiving education" and the 1870 act specified "a reasonable excuse for non-attendance at school : 1.