Decision details

Received a report outlining an opportunity to participate in a Department for Education and Skills (DFES) initiative aimed at reducing the time it takes to prosecute parents who collude in the non-attendance of their children at school.

Agreed, in order to ensure that parents who fail to co-operate or who are unwilling to work with the Local Education Authority (LEA) take responsibility for their children’s attendance at school, that:

1. The Council participates in the DFES initiative to fast-track the prosecution of parents colluding in the non-attendance of their children; and

2. Access and Attendance Officers be authorised to represent the LEA and present cases at court.