Elementary Education Act 1870 further acts in 1876 ("the Sandon Act", which gave parents a legal obligation to ensure that their children were educated) and 1880 ("the Mundella Act") made attendance compulsory for children until they were 10 years old, with various exemptions. Many factory owners feared the removal of children as a source of cheap labour. However, with the simple mathematics and English they were acquiring, factory owners now had workers who could read and make measurements. Following continued campaigning by the National Education League, following the Elementary Education Act 1880, attendance to age 10 became compulsory everywhere in England and Wales. In
Education in Sweden Education in Sweden From the age of one, children can be admitted to pre-school ("förskola"). Pre-schools help provide an environment that stimulates children's development and learning and enable parents to combine parenthood with work or studies. During the year before children start compulsory school, all children are offered a place in a pre-school class ("förskoleklass"), which combines the pedagogical methods of the pre-school with those of compulsory school. But from a new law, taking place autumn 2018, all children are required to begin in a pre-school class at the age of 6. Immersion methods amongst children aged four to seven