A father had been rightly convicted when his son had been recorded as absent because he had not been at school when the register was closed, for ‘it must be regular attendance for the period prescribed by the person upon whom the duty to provide the education is laid’
Citations:
[1961] 1 WLR 421
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Isle of Wight Council v Platt Admn 13-May-2016
The Council appealed by case stated against a decision by magistrates that a parent who took his child out of school to take a holiday hod not failed to ensure that the child attended regularly. The record was otherwise regular and satisfactory.
Cited – Isle of Wight Council v Platt SC 6-Apr-2017
Regular school attendance is following the rules
The respondent had taken his child out of school during term time to go on holiday. The child otherwise had an excellent attendance record. The Council having failed on appeal to the Administrative Court, it appealed saying that the word ‘regularly’ . .
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Education
Updated: 04 May 2022; Ref: scu.564909
