Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 35629

Pupils: Attendance

Tabled: 4 March 2025
Answered: 12 March 2025

Question

Abtisam Mohamed

LabourSheffield Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the School Attendance Order process in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill on local authority staff time.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
The department is legislating through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to make School Attendance Orders a more efficient remedy to ensure that children are in receipt of suitable education. This includes making it an offence for parents to withdr...

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