Service Description: The Law states that parents of a child of compulsory school age must ensure that he/she receives full-time education and if a child fails to attend punctually and regularly then his/her parents are guilty of an offence.
Also known as:- Absences, Fixed Penalty Notices (Education), Parent Prosecution, Truancy
Answer: Compulsory school age is between 5 years and the set school leaving date at the end of the school calendar year when the child reaches his/her sixteenth birthday (usually the end of June in Year 11).