Pupils: Attendance
Lords · Question HL283 · Tabled 23 Jul 2024 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 5 Aug 2024
Question
Asked by Baroness Whitaker
To ask His Majesty's Government how they will ensure that the use of the term "mobile child" in the statutory guidance Working together to improve school attendance, published on 29 February, does not adversely and unfairly affect Traveller children.
Answer
Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern, 5 Aug 2024
The School Attendance (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2024 and accompanying statutory guidance ‘Working together to improve school attendance’ use the term ‘mobile child’ to describe a child of compulsory school age who has no fixed abode and w...