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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.
School absence fines currently start at £60, rising to £120 if they are not paid within 21 days. But the DfE has said fines will now start at £80, rising to £160.
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).
Although the national schools provided free primary education in Ireland from the 1830s, the Powis Commission of 1868-70 recognised a problem of low school attendance. [6] [7] The Education (Ireland) Act 1892 made attendance compulsory from ages 6 to 14 in urban districts, extended to rural districts by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. [6]
More than 150,000 students in England were ‘severely absent’ during the 2022/23 school year, latest Government figures show.
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Community schools, in which the local authority employs the schools' staff, owns the schools' lands and buildings, and has primary responsibility for admissions. Free schools , introduced by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition , are newly established schools in England set up by parents, teachers, charities or businesses, where there is ...
The school leaving age is the minimum age a person is legally allowed to cease attendance at an institute of compulsory secondary education. Most countries have their school leaving age set the same as their minimum full-time employment age, thus allowing smooth transition from education into employment, whilst a few have it set just below the ...