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You can be prosecuted if your child has unauthorised absence from school - truancy, help with getting your child to school, and legal action to enforce school attendance
You must make sure your child gets a full-time education that meets their…
If you’re having trouble getting your child to go to school, the school…
Local councils and schools can use various legal powers if your child is…
Fortnightly pupil attendance statistics, and autumn, combined autumn and spring, and full year pupil absence statistics.
This series brings together all documents relating to sickness absence in the Civil Service.
What to do if your guest will be temporarily absent from your accommodation.
How we produce statistics on pupil absence in schools.
Study into the factors associated with persistent absence for unauthorised other reasons (PAUO) in secondary school-aged pupils.
Absence statistics on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded schools.
Information about what to do if your guest will temporarily be absent from the UK.
This release reports on pupil absence in primary and secondary schools in the 2021 to 2022 academic year.
Reports providing brief commentary on the Cabinet Office sickness absence results.
Ministry of Defence advice to headteachers regarding school term time absence for children of service personnel.
Statistics on residency-based school absences and attainment data for pupils by gender, free school meal eligibility and ethnicity.
Report providing a view of the latest statistical trends and analysis on absences in the maintained education sector in England.
How schools improve and maintain attendance using different approaches.
This research provides a description of employer behaviours and practices relating to sickness absence and health in the workplace.
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