The Government's reaction has been to get tough, focusing particularlyon parental responsibility for children's education, with the option ofcustodial sentences for those parents who fail in their duty. But isthis the right approach to the problem? Would a welfare response,involving both young people and their parents, be more effective,especially in persistent cases where parental authority may already becompromised?
One long-standing but little-used measure is the education supervisionorder. The orders are a provision of the Children Act 1989 and apply tochildren of compulsory school age who are not being properly educated. Alocal education authority must appoint a suitably qualified orexperienced person to agree a programme of work with the child and hisor her parents to ensure a proper education is received.
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