Attendance

Absence fines: 1 in 5 pupils could fall below threshold

Around 1.7m children could now face fines, analysis finds, with 40 per cent of disadvantaged year 10 pupils below...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

Absence fines rake in £19m as schools and councils get strict

Takings from absence fines were 17.5% higher last year than before the pandemic

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

Bigger absence fines won’t solve the problem, attendance tsar admits

Rob Tarn speaks to Schools Week about his plans for the new role

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Attendance

The 10 new attendance rules schools need to know about

Ministers publish new guidance that will become statutory from September

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

Don’t give pupils time off for protests, new school guidance says

Clarity comes after Gillian Keegan said 'missing school for activism is unacceptable'

John Dickens
John Dickens
Attendance

Absence fines rise to £80 and daily data mandatory from September

Penalties for unauthorised absence will hit £80, and all schools will have to join attendance tracker scheme

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

Persistent absence risks children’s futures. Here’s how we’ll address it

Raising fines and making guidance and daily data submissions mandatory will boost early intervention and a support-first approach, says...

Freddie Whittaker
Damian Hinds
Attendance

New research reveals key drivers behind absence

More focus needed on 'second transition' for pupils leaving year 7 and sanctions deemed 'insufficient'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Attendance

Ofsted will review absence during safeguarding checks, says Labour

Bridget Phillipson will also announce a Labour government will use AI to spot trends in attendance

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker