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NEWS: Crack down on term-time holidays
As reported by BBC News, new education secretary Bridget Phillipson emphasises fines and consequences for parents taking children on term-time holidays keep reading
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NEWS: Schools sending police to absent kids
As reported by The Guardian. police visits and threats of jail time are being used to combat severe absenteeism in English keep reading
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NEWS: Parents juggle term-time travel dilemma
As reported by BBC News, with soaring costs, parents debate whether to risk fines for cheaper term-time holidays to broaden their keep reading
News
Record high fines for term-time holidays
As reported by The Telegraph, over 356,000 penalty notices have been issued, a 24% increase since 2019, as parents face fines and prosecution keep reading
Compliance & Resources
What are ‘ghost children’?
Find out what ‘ghost children’ are, as well as the steps being taken to reduce this phenomenon within schools CREDIT: keep reading
Compliance & Resources
What legal action can be taken to enforce school attendance?
Attendance is crucial to learning and development and sometimes it seems that nothing is working – but there are legal keep reading
News
Unions comment on rising COVID rates and school attendance
The National Education Union (NEU) and Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) have commented on the latest school attendance keep reading
Academies & MATs
Case studies: improving attendance
Links to schools and multi-academy trusts sharing their different techniques for managing and improving attendance rates in their settings Jamie keep reading
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ASCL comment on education attendance statistics
The Association of School and College (ASCL) Leaders have spoken on the Department for Education’s latest statistics on attendance in education and keep reading
Leadership
Report find English pupils reluctant to return to classroom post-lockdown
Ofsted found online lessons affected some children’s view of the need to be in class, leading to high absence rates keep reading