Power For The Police To Remove Truants 1.1 This guidance contains advice to the police and local education 2.1 Truancyis a significant problem; figures based on schools registers show that http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/docs/truancy.html
Extractions: 2. The 2004 Youth Crime Survey showed that 45% of young people in mainstream education who have committed an offence say they have played truant from school, compared with just 18% who have not committed an offence. It also showed that 62% of 10-16 year olds who have committed criminal or anti-social behaviour have also truanted. 3. Truancy sweeps aim to tackle non-attendance. They are one of a range of approaches that feature in local authority and police service programmes to deal with the issues associated with truancy. Others include direct support to pupils and their families and sanctioning parents who fail to take their responsibilities seriously. 4. Truancy sweeps are carried out during normal school hours. They involve stopping any young person believed to be of school age, whether accompanied by an adult or not. The intention is to establish whether or not the young person is registered at school and, if so, whether he/she is out of school legitimately. If the authenticity of the absence is in doubt the education welfare officer (EWO) will follow up each case individually to substantiate the reasons given for the absence.
GovernorNet This joint guidance will increase understanding of the truancy prosecution process . This guidance will support schools in understanding their role in http://www.governornet.co.uk/cropArticle.cfm?topicAreaId=7&contentId=482&mode=fu
Problems At School A school can exclude a pupil from school for persistent truancy, Governmentguidance defines bullying as actions which are meant to be harmful and which http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/nm/index/family_parent/education/problems_at_schoo
Extractions: This information applies to England, Wales and Northern Ireland As a parent, if you have been experiencing problems with a school and informal discussions have not been successful, you may wish to take further action. When trying to solve a problem, you need to be clear about what provisions should be made for specific procedures for resolving the problem. Back to top The general procedures for dealing with a problem at school are given in the following paragraphs and are listed in the order they should normally be used. You may also find it useful to contact one of the organisations which give information, advice and support on education issues before you take any action.
Truancy And Attendance In Scottish Secondary Schools Our six casestudy schools whose procedures for combating truancy we report Unauthorised absentees were a focus of guidance staff efforts and a concern http://www.scre.ac.uk/spotlight/spotlight38.html
Extractions: Truancy and Attendance in Scottish Secondary Schools The research reported here was carried out at the request of the Scottish Office Education Department in June and in November 1991. A sample of 50 Scottish secondary schools was asked to complete a questionnaire on attendance and unauthorised absence. A sub-sample of six schools also provided more detailed information. IN JUNE 1991 the Scottish Office Education Department (SOED) carried out a wide ranging consultancy exercise on attendance in secondary schools. As part of this exercise, SCRE was asked to undertake a survey of pupil attendance in a representative sample of schools. A sample of 50 schools was drawn up by the Statistics Division of SOED (one in eight of all Scottish secondaries) giving broad representation of Scottish secondaries in general, in terms of size, geographic location, denominational status and percentages of pupils entitled to free school meals. The survey was repeated in November 1991 so that comparison could be made between summer and autumn attendance. The response rate to a long and detailed questionnaire was good: 47 schools replied in the June survey and 41 in the November survey. However, we would suggest caution in making generalisations from the results given the eventual shortfall of nine schools from a small and carefully constructed sample. It should also be noted that the June survey involved S1 - S4 pupils only, while the November survey covered S1 - S6.
Some Of Our Pupils Are Missing... Knowledge of pupils and contact with parents may help guidance staff and To combat truancy schools need the active cooperation of parents and good http://www.scre.ac.uk/rie/nl52/nl52munn.html
Extractions: Research in Education No. 52 Spring 1993 Pamela Munn and Margaret Johnstone argue for schools to examine PATTERNS OF ABSENCES as attendance rates alone do not say enough... THE PARENTS' CHAPTER proposes that schools should provide information to parents about levels of attendance and truancy. This will help parents 'to compare schools - and make sure your own child's school is providing the standards [parents] are entitled to expect.' (p8). Will it? Recent SCRE research suggested that attendance rates on their own are an imperfect measure and that truancy rates can conceal more than they reveal. Attendance rates As far back as 1977, the Pack Report on attendance and truancy highlighted the limitations of attendance rates for measuring pupils' attendance. Attendance rates are calculated by dividing the number of openings in the school register by the number of pupils present. For example, a school with 100 pupils which registered them twice daily would have 200 possible attendance's per day in the register and 1000 possible attendance's per week. An attendance rate of 90%, however, does not mean that 10% of pupils are absent: the missing 10% could come from a small minority of pupils with lengthy absences - the same ten pupils absent for the whole week - or from a higher percentage of pupils with brief absences - fifty pupils absent for one day over the course of the week. Attendance rates by themselves do not say enough. It is also important for schools to investigate the numbers of pupils absent. Once they do this, teachers can detect patterns in absence in terms of, for instance, particular days of the week or year groups. If patterns emerge then the school can start to explore causes of absence and perhaps remedy them. This brings us to the question of truancy.
Guidance For Schools guidance For Schools. Statutory Duty of Schools Registers For information onSchool Attendance issues including truancy Sweeps, Prosecutions, http://www.wiganmbc.gov.uk/pub/educ/ews/schools.htm
Extractions: GOOD PRACTICE The Education Act 1996 requires parents or guardians to ensure their children receive efficient, full-time education, either by regular attendance at school or otherwise. Top Regulation of the Education (Pupil Registration) Regulations 1995 states that: Every school must keep: The admission register and the attendance register of every school must be available for inspection during school hours by:
Guidance The purpose is to provide guidance to schools and districts regarding the use of to promote safety and to help prevent crime and truancy among students. http://www.myscschools.com/offices/ssys/safe_schools/sro/Guidance.htm
Extractions: Home District And Community Services Safe Schools and Youth Services Safe Schools Section ... Funding The purpose is to provide guidance to schools and districts regarding the use of funds allocated for school safety officers and guidance counselors in the 2004â05 General Appropriations Act. For the purpose of this guidance, the term âschool safety officerâ is defined synonymously with the term âschool resource officerâ (SRO) in Section 5-7-12 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina. Section 5-7-12(B) of the Code of Laws of South Carolina states: a âschool resource officerâ is defined as a person who is a sworn law enforcement officer pursuant to the requirements of any jurisdiction of this State, who has completed the basic course of instruction for School Resource Officers as provided or recognized by the National Association of School Resource Officers or the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy, and who is assigned to one or more school districts within this State to have as a primary duty the responsibility to act as a law enforcement officer, advisor, and teacher for that school district.
Renewal.net - Education:pre 16:truancy The causes of truancy and pupil absenteeism are explored from the perspectives of Strategies that have been tried relating to parents, school systems, http://www.renewal.net/Nav.asp?Category=:education:pre 16:truancy
Student Services Lynchburg City Schools has a truancy Center located at Crossroads House, 405Cable Street. Elementary guidance counselors make referrals to the program. http://www.lynchburg.org/studserv/main.htm
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ARCH Letter To Chief Constables re truancy Sweeps under s16 Crime and Disorder Act 1998 It is a commonmisconception that school is compulsory for all children aged between 5 and 16 http://www.arch-ed.org/truancy/trulet.htm
Extractions: Back to Truancy Sweeps On August 19th 2001, ARCH sent the following letter to the Chief Constables of all police forces in England: Dear Chief Constable, re: "Truancy Sweeps" under s16 Crime and Disorder Act 1998 ARCH is an association established to foster the rights of children in education. We write on behalf of home educating families within your police area concerning the effect on their children of truancy sweeps. The power given to police under s16 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 is, as we are sure you will appreciate, a novel one. It is a new departure for there to be created a power for police officers to "remove" someone who is not committing an offence and who is not in need of protection or assistance. The justification given, for what otherwise would be an intrusion upon civil liberty, is that the person concerned is a child who should be at school. Our experience of the way in which this new power is being exercised by the police is that it is adversely affecting those for whom it is explicitly not intended - the child who is receiving a home based education. You may not be aware that there is now a large number of families home educating their children. The most recent estimate puts the figure at 50,000 families in the UK, or 150,000 children. It is a common misconception that school is compulsory for all children aged between 5 and 16 whereas it is in fact education that is compulsory; s7 Education Act 1996 re-enacts earlier provisions that children in that age range must receive an efficient full-time education suitable to their age, ability, aptitude and any special educational needs they might have, either by regular attendance at school or otherwise. It is established law that home education comes within the latter option.
Text Only Converter Integrating the Connexions Personal Adviser into school Maintaining contactwith students out of school through extended truancy, school refusal, http://www.connexions-derbyshire.org/betty.asp?pid=87
Borough Last To Get New Truancy Centers The longstanding approach to truancy, police drop-offs at schools, The districtalso has a staff of outreach workers and guidance counselors to work http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/studentwork/bronxbeat/2001/051401/truancy0514_01.sht
'Schools Fiddling Truancy Figures' Schools fiddling truancy figures . David Ottewell. TEACHERS are fiddling registersto The council is now issuing new guidance on marking registers. http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/education/s/137/137038_schools_fiddling_t
Student Services Each Kenton County school has full time guidance counseling services. Larger schoolshave two or three counselors. guidance counselors provide individual http://www.kenton.k12.ky.us/ss/default.html
Extractions: Gerald Turner , Director Home About Us Human Resources Student Services The term "Student Support Services" includes the areas of health, school psychology, social work, guidance counseling, home and hospital instruction, home schooling, attendance, student discipline and social services. Because the process of growing is a complicated one, parents and teachers often need advice on how to deal with problems which arise with their children. The schools maintain a staff of student support services personnel for this purpose, each of whom may be contacted through the school principal. The director, Gerald Turner , can be reached at 344-8888, ext 121. State law requires children between ages of 6 and 16 to attend school. Any child who becomes 5 years of age on or before October 1, is eligible for the Primary School Program. Pre-school is available for eligible 4 year-olds and children with disabilities beginning at age 3. A child with a disability is one who demonstrates a delay in one or more areas of development.
Extractions: Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education, Institute for Urban and Minority Education New Approaches to Truancy Prevention in Urban Schools. ERIC Digest. In New York City alone, it has been estimated that 150,000 of 1 million public school students are absent on a typical schoolday (Garry, 1996). Although the exact number is unknown, many of these absences are the result of truancy. No universal definition for truancy exists, but it is generally defined as a locally-determined number of absences from school without a legitimate excuse. Truancy is generally considered a major risk factor for dropping out of school and for delinquent behavior, including substance abuse, gang involvement, and criminal activity; these often lead to more serious problems in adult life. This digest will explore truancy in the urban context, examine the different types and reasons for truancy, and provide an overview of the new ways in which researchers and intervention programs have been addressing this problem. The Urban and Minority Context Truancy: A Few Types and a Multitude of Reasons Although cutting class and truancy are not generally thought of as synonymous, researchers have found that about 40 percent of extreme truancy cases in Chicago occur because of class cutting. They have also found that truants are often in and around school and that tardiness may also account for truancy. In general, then, two types of truants exist: those who cut or miss class and those who miss full days. Because of the cyclical nature of these absences, both types of truancy require early intervention (Roderick et al., 1997).
PARENT SUPPORT GROUPS call the Chesterfield County Schools Parent Resource Center at 7433703). Kid-TALK (Memorial Child guidance Clinic) - for parents of children 0-18; http://www.dscr.dla.mil/UserWeb/qol/2_day/Family/parent_support_groups.htm
Extractions: SCAN Parenting Program - Support and Education Groups for parents. Childcare is offered for all evening groups. Call 257-7226 or 257-9866 for information. Commonwealth Parenting Center - Various Parenting Classes. Call Tough Love Support group for parents troubled by their teen's behavior: Trinity United Methodist Church 10525 W. Huguenot Rd. Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. , 262-0932 / e-mail is famanon@hotmail.com (For support groups for parents of children with disabilities, call the Chesterfield County Schools Parent Resource Center at 743-3703). Other parenting resources: Parent Consultations through Chesterfield Prevention Services - one to three free sessions with a parenting and child/ adolescent development specialist to assist you with concerns about your child - 768-7204 DSCR EAP Counselor: Free counseling and referrals about parenting concerns- one to six free, confidential counseling sessions to discuss your concerns. 279-4784
