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Fortnightly pupil attendance statistics, and autumn, combined autumn and spring, and full year pupil absence statistics.
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…
The Traffic Commissioner for the West Midlands, Miles Dorrington, has revoked the operator’s licence held by Mr Sukhvinder Singh, following a Public Inquiry held on 5 February 2026. The revocation will take effect at 23:45 on Sunday 5 April 2026.
Statistics on residency-based school absences and attainment data for pupils by gender, free school meal eligibility and ethnicity.
This series brings together all documents relating to sickness absence in the Civil Service.
Find out about the changes to Statutory Sick Pay, when they'll be introduced and what to do when a sickness absence starts before and ends on or after 6 April 2026.
This series brings together all documents relating to Sickness absence data
Statistics on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded schools.
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