School Attendance Following Legal or Administrative Action for Unauthorised Absence

1 February 1981

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Educational Review

Vol. 33 (1) , 53-65
https://doi.org/10.1080/0013191810330107

Abstract

Children whose unauthorised absence from school leads to legal action by the Local Education Authority generally live in socially disadvantaged areas, and belong to families experiencing financial hardship. Attendance following legal action frequently remains extremely poor, though there is some evidence that a planned change of school may help. Informal intervention by Education Welfare Officers may be associated with better subsequent attendance than legal action.

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