School attendance, improving the consistency of support: new burdens assessment
The minimum attendance support offer local authorities are expected to provide pupils and families in their area.
Applies to England
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A duty on local authorities to have regard to guidance issued by the Secretary of State in respect of how they use their services to improve school attendance. Subject to securing legislation, new statutory guidance will outline the minimum attendance support offer local authorities are expected to provide pupils and families in their area through existing powers, duties, and services.
Additionally, new legislation providing the Secretary of State the power to set a single national framework for issuing fixed penalty notices in respect of absence, removing the existing duty (under the Education (Penalty Notices) (England) Regulations 2007 as amended) and subsequent burden for each local authority to draw up a code of conduct for issuing penalty notices.