LOCAL INFORMATION

5.6.0
Compulsory school age

Extent:     Jersey
Updated:  April 2017

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Words you may need to know

Compulsory -  required by law, has to be done

Attendance – going somewhere where you are expected to be

Article 12 of The Education (Jersey) Law, 1999 requires parents or carers of children of compulsory school age (aged 5 -16) to receive a full time education. This is either by registering a child at a school or by arranging an alternative to school.

Education (Jersey) Law, 1999 :      www.jerseylaw.je

School absences and concerns about school attendance

See: https://www.gov.je/education/schools/childswelfare/pages/schoolattendanceabsence.aspx

Home schooling

See: https://www.gov.je/education/schools/childlearningpages/homeschooling.aspx