What Cardiff Council say on the matter:
Follow Cardiff Council on Twitter @cardiffcouncil.
The education minister Leighton Andrews has asked officials to prepare regulations that would impose a penalty of up to £120, to deter parents from allowing their children to skip school. Find out more.
More information on truancy checks in Cardiff can be found in this article hosted by BBC News:
Cardiff Council and the South Wales Police continue their bid to moderate truancy levels in the Cardiff area.
Several sweeps have been organised, whereby both the Council and Police will literally search a particular area for pupils who are bunking off school.
Focus will be attached to areas such as Ely, Llanedeym, and Rumney.
Last year, the sweep discovered 197 pupils, all of whom had taken it upon themselves to take a day off school.
The education welfare officer, Sian Cadwalladr, revealed that “20 parents thought their kids were on the way to school,” when in reality, they were skiving. The sweep definitely “registered an impact,” continued Cadwalladr.
Let’s hope it does the same this year around, with the next sweep taking place in Cardiff city centre, on Wednesday 12 December.
What Cardiff Council say on the matter:
Follow Cardiff Council on Twitter @cardiffcouncil.
The education minister Leighton Andrews has asked officials to prepare regulations that would impose a penalty of up to £120, to deter parents from allowing their children to skip school. Find out more.
More information on truancy checks in Cardiff can be found in this article hosted by BBC News: