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P-04-606 Ensure schools exercise their statutory powers under regulation 7 of The Education (Pupil Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2010 without interference or bias.

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Meeting: 04/02/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 P-04-606 Ensure schools exercise their statutory powers under regulation 7 of The Education (Pupil Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2010 without interference or bias.

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Minutes:

The Committee considered the petition alongside P-04-576 Allow Children in Wales to Have a Family Holiday During Term Time and agreed to close both petitions in light of the fact that the Welsh Government is reviewing school-attendance guidance with a view to issuing a public consultation in future, and the fact that the Government has previously written to local authorities to reiterate the importance of head teachers being able to apply discretion to requests for absences in term-time.

Meeting: 03/12/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 P-04-606 Ensure schools exercise their statutory powers under regulation 7 of The Education (Pupil Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2010 without interference or bias.

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Minutes:

The Committee considered this petition alongside petition P-04-576 Allow Children in Wales to Have a Family Holiday During Term Time and agreed to write to the Minister for Education to:

·         request an update on the review of school attendance policy and an indication of timings for the next steps, including a public consultation; and

·         seek the Governments latest view in relation to the discretion of headteachers to authorise absences for holidays in term time, when appropriate.

 

Meeting: 15/01/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 P-04-606 Ensure schools exercise their statutory powers under regulation 7 of The Education (Pupil Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2010 without interference or bias.

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Minutes:

The Committee considered correspondence from the Minister for Education and agreed to:

 

  • request additional information from the evaluation of fixed penalty notices for nonattendance, including about the number of fines issued and the sums of money involved; and continue to keep a watching brief on the issue and consider the petition again when the revised school attendance framework is published for consultation later in 2019.

 

Meeting: 17/04/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 P-04-606 Ensure schools exercise their statutory powers under regulation 7 of The Education (Pupil Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2010

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Minutes:

The Committee considered this petition alongside P-04-576 Allow Children in Wales to Have a Family Holiday During Term Time, and agreed to await a copy of the evaluation of fixed penalty notices for regular non-attendance at school from the Cabinet Secretary for Education and for a further update on the wider review of attendance policy, as previously agreed.

 

Meeting: 27/06/2017 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 P-04-606 Ensure schools exercise their statutory powers under regulation 7 of The Education (Pupil Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2010 without interference or bias.

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Minutes:

The Committee considered the petition alongside P-04-576 Allow Children in Wales to Have a Family Holiday During Term Time and agreed to await an update from the Cabinet Secretary for Education following the completion of the attendance review later this year, before considering further action on the petition.

 

Meeting: 23/05/2017 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 P-04-606 Ensure schools exercise their statutory powers under regulation 7 of The Education (Pupil Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2010 without interference or bias.

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Minutes:

The Committee agreed to consider the petition alongside the related petition - P-04-576 Allow Children in Wales to Have a Family Holiday During Term Time – in future.

 

Meeting: 23/02/2016 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 P-04-606 Ensure Schools Exercise their Statutory Powers Under Regulation 7 of the Education (Pupil Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2010 Without Interference or Bias.

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Minutes:

William Powell declared the following interest under Standing Order 17.24A:

He is a school governor.

 

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to keep a watching brief on the petition to allow the incoming Petitions Committee to consider whether any further action might be necessary at that stage.

Meeting: 10/02/2016 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)

5 Letter from Chair of Petitions Committee to the Minister for Education and Skills

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Meeting: 19/01/2016 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 P-04-606 Ensure Schools Exercise Their Statutory Powers Under Regulation 7 of The Education (Pupil Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2010 Without Interference or Bias.

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Minutes:

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to write to the Minister to thank him for his engagement so far and to ask to be kept up to date in respect of any responses, particularly from local authorities and regional consortia.

 

Meeting: 24/11/2015 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)

P-04-606 Ensure Schools Exercise their Statutory Powers Under Regulation 7 of The Education (Pupil Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2010 Without Interference or Bias.

Meeting: 10/11/2015 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 P-04-606 Ensure schools exercise their statutory powers under regulation 7 of The Education (Pupil Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2010 without interference or bias.

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The Minister answered questions from the Committee.

Meeting: 09/12/2014 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)

2 P-04-606 Ensure schools exercise their statutory powers under regulation 7 of The Education (Pupil Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2010 without interference or bias.

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Minutes:

The Committee considered the petition for the first time alongside correspondence from the Minister for Education and Skills and further comments from the petitioner and agreed to:

 

  • await responses in respect of P-04-576 ‘Allow Children in Wales to Have a Family Holiday During Term Time’; and
  • Consider both petitions together in future.

 

 

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