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You can be prosecuted if your child has unauthorised absence from school - truancy, help with getting your child to school, and legal action to enforce school attendance
You must make sure your child gets a full-time education that meets their…
If you’re having trouble getting your child to go to school, the school…
Local councils and schools can use various legal powers if your child is…
Why children are sent to custody, what it's like, visiting, advice and support
Anyone under 18 who is sentenced to custody is sent to a secure centre for…
The child is interviewed by the reception officer as soon as they arrive.…
Time in custody is spent: in education learning skills to get a job or to…
You must arrange your visit first. Contact the secure centre to find out…
For advice or support, a child can speak to a member of staff, for…
Advocacy services are run by children’s charities and are confidential. A…
The Howard League might be able to offer legal advice and help to children…
Advice for state-funded school admission authorities, independent schools, local authorities and parents.
The information that schools must provide to the Department for Education (DfE).
Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs
How your council encourages attendance at school - truancy, unauthorised absences, education welfare officer
School attendance in England has surged, with 5 million more days in classrooms and 140,000 fewer persistently absent pupils
Information that schools maintained by a local authority must or should publish on their website.
How and when to apply for childcare places and schools.
Free British breakfasts for primary school kids as government joins forces with household brands
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