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NEWS: Crack down on term-time holidays

24th July 2024

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

21st May 2024

As reported by The Guardian. police visits and threats of jail time are being used to combat severe absenteeism in English keep reading

NEWS: Parents juggle term-time travel dilemma

15th May 2024

As reported by BBC News, with soaring costs, parents debate whether to risk fines for cheaper term-time holidays to broaden their keep reading

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Record high fines for term-time holidays

19th December 2023

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

What are ‘ghost children’?

3rd May 2023

Find out what ‘ghost children’ are, as well as the steps being taken to reduce this phenomenon within schools CREDIT: keep reading

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What legal action can be taken to enforce school attendance?

20th January 2023

Attendance is crucial to learning and development and sometimes it seems that nothing is working – but there are legal keep reading

Unions comment on rising COVID rates and school attendance

14th July 2022

The National Education Union (NEU) and Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) have commented on the latest school attendance keep reading

Case studies: improving attendance

5th July 2022

Links to schools and multi-academy trusts sharing their different techniques for managing and improving attendance rates in their settings Jamie keep reading

ASCL comment on education attendance statistics

30th June 2022

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

Report find English pupils reluctant to return to classroom post-lockdown

21st April 2022

Ofsted found online lessons affected some children’s view of the need to be in class, leading to high absence rates keep reading