School attendance

Find information on school attendance and truancy.

We support the right of parents to educate at home and would like to work with parents, carers and the education community to develop effective and supportive partnerships.

Exclusion from school is very serious. Only the headteacher of a school can exclude a pupil and this must be on disciplinary grounds.

We believe that by adopting a robust and clear protocol in relation to children missing education it aims to ensure that our safeguarding responsibilities are met. We effectively ensure a child’s safety when we know how and where children are receiving their education.

Find out about the fines we can issue if your child is regularly absent from school.

Find out what statutory legal intervention means and what you should do if you are referred for legal action.