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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…
Advice for state-funded school admission authorities, independent schools, local authorities and parents.
The information that schools must provide to the Department for Education (DfE).
How your council encourages attendance at school - truancy, unauthorised absences, education welfare officer
Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs
Every school to be set an individual minimum target to improve attendance and set up every child to achieve and thrive.
How and when to apply for childcare places and schools.
Information that schools maintained by a local authority must or should publish on their website.
What happens if your child cannot go to school for health reasons - responsibilities of the local council and school and how medical needs are handled at school
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