Sentences with phrase «compulsory school age in»

If it appears to a local education authority that a child of compulsory school age in their area is not receiving suitable education, either by regular attendance at school or otherwise, they shall serve a notice in writing on the parent requiring him to satisfy them within the period specified in the notice that the child is receiving such education.

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Matters came to crisis point a year ago when the last government's Children, Schools & Family Bill sought to impose a statutory sex and relationship education (SRE) curriculum on all schools from the primary stage (currently SRE is only compulsory in secondary schools and the content can be determined by each school) and to remove the right of parents to withdraw their children from inappropriate SRE lessons from the ageSchools & Family Bill sought to impose a statutory sex and relationship education (SRE) curriculum on all schools from the primary stage (currently SRE is only compulsory in secondary schools and the content can be determined by each school) and to remove the right of parents to withdraw their children from inappropriate SRE lessons from the ageschools from the primary stage (currently SRE is only compulsory in secondary schools and the content can be determined by each school) and to remove the right of parents to withdraw their children from inappropriate SRE lessons from the ageschools and the content can be determined by each school) and to remove the right of parents to withdraw their children from inappropriate SRE lessons from the age of 15.

The report envisions a Europe where the damage wrought by internet porn and skanky Abercrombie ads is repaired by school - based «compulsory, age - appropriate and gender - sensitive sexuality and relationship education, provided in a mixed - sex setting, for all children and adolescents.»

All infant pupils will receive free school meals; and practical cookery will be compulsory in the new national curriculum up to age 14.

By this stage of our life, I was keeping almost no records of our home education as such; with the boys both beyond «compulsory school age» in both the UK and Cyprus, it seemed irrelevant.

This is because this type of institution is by definition a school set up to discharge a local authority's duties under section 19 (1) of the Education Act 1996 in relation to children of compulsory school age.

It will be compulsory for primary school children aged seven and above to learn another language, from September 2014 in England.

Although education is compulsory in most places up to a certain age, attendance at school often isn't, and a minority of parents choose home - schooling, e-learning or similar for their children.

Music, art and design, drama and dance are included in the national curriculum and compulsory in all maintained schools from the age of 5 to 14.

«I would like to see it compulsory in all schools, but very much looking at age - appropriateness, and looking and being led by children's needs themselves.»

The plan set up breakfast clubs in the poorest schools and has made cooking a compulsory part of the curriculum up to the age of 14.

In a bid to help tackle youth unemployment, the government is being urged to bring back compulsory work experience for school children under the age of 16.

However the letter to ministers warned that the risks for players aged under 18 are high, with many schools in the UK offering contact rugby as a compulsory part of the physical education curriculum from age 11 and upwards.

The study found that for pupils aged between 13 and 14, music was compulsory in 84 per cent of schools in 2012 - 2013, but this has fallen to 62 per cent by 2016 - 2017.

«I would suggest,» he wrote in Compulsory Miseducation, his polemic against universal public education, «that, on the model of the GI - Bill, we experiment, giving the school money directly to the high - school - age adolescents, for any plausible self - chosen education proposals, such as purposeful travel or individual enterprise.

In state primary schools, learning a foreign language is only compulsory from the age of seven, and languages can often be a low priority.

Criticising the fact that guidance for schools on sex and relationships education has not been updated since 2000, she said that PSHE as a statutory subject should include age - appropriate sex and relationships education and pledged that introducing compulsory PSHE in schools would be «one of the first things Labour does in government».

However, the most important change in my view is the lowering of the compulsory school starting age from 7 to 6 and the increased support for preschool education.

The teacher unions are trapped in archaic organizational models characterized by buildings and districts that are too large and too fragmented, compulsory attendance, the 180 - day school year, the 50 - minute period, age - grouping of students in 13 discrete grades, few performance or standards - based activities, and inaccurate assumptions about the dangers of privatization.

All infant pupils will receive free school meals; and practical cookery will be compulsory in the new national curriculum up to age 14.

A 1921 high school handbook for New York City public schools teacher states: «Compulsory service retirement takes place at the age of 70, or at the end of the term in which the age of 70 is attained.»

The shadow education secretary backed a government plan to make learning a second language compulsory for pupils in English schools from the age of seven, and suggested they should start even younger.

History should be compulsory in England's schools until the age of 16, argues historian Sir David Cannadine.

Under the school admissions code, the local education authority must make it clear in admissions arrangements that parents can request a deferral until later in the academic year or until the term in which the child reaches compulsory school age.

While 86 per cent of teachers in Sweden's municipal - run compulsory - age schools (aged seven to 16) had teacher training qualifications, the figure for free schools was just 67 per cent.

Children under the compulsory school age who are in full - time education may also be able to get Free School school age who are in full - time education may also be able to get Free School School Meals.

These documents aim to help alternative provision academies meet the requirements set out in section 1C of the Academies Act 2010, and ensure educational provision is made for children of compulsory school age who (by reason of illness, exclusion from school or otherwise), may not otherwise receive suitable education for any period of time.

They said: «Sex and relationship education is compulsory in all maintained secondary schools and many primary schools also teach it in an age appropriate manner.

What head teacher could ignore a letter from a parent saying that they do not wish their child to participate in this test when that child is not even of compulsory school starting age?

(A) who are beyond the age of compulsory school attendance in the State in which the institution is located; or

The case will therefore be of interest not only because it is the first example of a successful damages claim based on A2P1 in this jurisdiction, but also because of its implications for local authority's duties towards homeless children of compulsory school age, including those that they elect to accommodate in a different local authority district.

66 (1) Where the number of public school pupils of compulsory school age residing in a district school area is fewer than ten and the board has ceased to operate a school, the Minister may declare the district school area board inactive as of the 31st day of December in any year.

Notwithstanding, schooling in California is compulsory between the ages of 6 and 18 subject to a number of exemptions which the person concerned may or may not have.

increase the participation in education and attendance of Indigenous youth of compulsory school age;

In Sweden, children begin compulsory school at age 7 in Grade 1 and end at age 16 in Grade In Sweden, children begin compulsory school at age 7 in Grade 1 and end at age 16 in Grade in Grade 1 and end at age 16 in Grade in Grade 9.

In the ACT it is compulsory for children to be enrolled in school from age siIn the ACT it is compulsory for children to be enrolled in school from age siin school from age six.

The pupil, who is multilingual, first encountered the Swedish language at about age five and has been in Sweden throughout her compulsory schooling.

For example, where a child of compulsory school age is normally resident in a local authority but is receiving medical treatment elsewhere, it is still the duty of the «home» local authority to arrange suitable education if it would not otherwise be received.

Compulsory school age ends on the last Friday of June in the academic year in which they become 16.

The average level of education was higher for the sample than for the general population of women aged between 16 and 49 years (official statistics from 2008 in brackets): compulsory school 7.0 % (28.1 %), vocational school 26.7 % (35.7 %), three - year college 39.2 % (29.8 %) and university / higher education 21.9 % (6.4 %).

(I) Factors related to socioeconomic status: mother's (< 25, 25 — 29, 30 — 34, 35 +) and father's (< 30, 30 — 34, 35 +) age in years at birth of child; mother's and father's education at 9 months (National Vocational Qualification equivalent level 4 — 5 = university degree or equivalent, 3 = A levels or equivalent, 2 = grade C or higher in at least 4 General Certificate of Secondary Education qualifications at the end of compulsory schooling at age 16, 0 — 1 = less than this); occupational socioeconomic status at exposure, based on the last - known job of father or mother, whichever was higher (3 - class National Statistics Socio - economic Classification 1 = managerial / administrative / professional, 2 = intermediate, 3 = routine / manual); duration of breast - feeding (never, < 4 months, 4 + months); number of siblings of child in household at 9 months (none, 1, 2 +).