<P> The Elementary Education Act 1880 insisted on compulsory attendance from 5 to 10 years . For poorer families , ensuring their children attended school proved difficult , as it was more tempting to send them working if the opportunity to earn an extra income was available . Attendance officers often visited the homes of children who failed to attend school , which often proved to be ineffective . Children under the age of 13 who were employed were required to have a certificate to show they had reached the educational standard . Employers of these children who were n't able to show this were penalised . An act brought into force thirteen years later went under the name of the `` Elementary Education ( School Attendance ) Act 1893 '' , which stated a raised minimum leaving age to 11 . Later the same year , the act was also extended for blind and deaf children , who previously had no means of an official education . This act was later amended in 1899 to raise the school leaving age up to 12 years of age . </P>
<P> The Elementary Education Act 1880 insisted on compulsory attendance from 5 to 10 years . For poorer families , ensuring their children attended school proved difficult , as it was more tempting to send them working if the opportunity to earn an extra income was available . Attendance officers often visited the homes of children who failed to attend school , which often proved to be ineffective . Children under the age of 13 who were employed were required to have a certificate to show they had reached the educational standard . Employers of these children who were n't able to show this were penalised . An act brought into force thirteen years later went under the name of the `` Elementary Education ( School Attendance ) Act 1893 '' , which stated a raised minimum leaving age to 11 . Later the same year , the act was also extended for blind and deaf children , who previously had no means of an official education . This act was later amended in 1899 to raise the school leaving age up to 12 years of age . </P>
when was school made compulsory in the uk
when was school made compulsory in the uk
1880
1880