The Ministry of Justice has confirmed 800 school attendance order prosecutions in 2023-24 resulting in 546 fines. Read my new page on SAO Prosecution Statistics HERE https://edyourself.org/school-attendance-prosecution-statistics/
Monthly Archives: April 2025
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My MP has asked the Ministry of Justice for statistics on School Attendance Order prosecutions and fines over the past 10 years. Read the PQ page HERE https://edyourself.org/parliamentary-questions-wellbeing-bill/ (For context, the Department for Education has said “We can predict from Ministry of Justice data that the number of families ultimately subject to a fine for breach of a SAO will be low compared to the overall number of SAOs that are issued.” [LINK])
The Welsh government has made slight changes to its elective home education guidance and also began displaying it as a web page. Read my new page HERE https://edyourself.org/home-education-guidance-wales-2025/
The Children Not In School clauses of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will now apply to Wales as well as England, read my new page HERE https://edyourself.org/wellbeing-bill-applying-to-wales/