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You can be prosecuted if your child has unauthorised absence from school - truancy, help with getting your child to school, and legal action to enforce school attendance
You must make sure your child gets a full-time education that meets their…
If you’re having trouble getting your child to go to school, the school…
Local councils and schools can use various legal powers if your child is…
This series brings together all documents relating to sickness absence in the Civil Service.
Guidance for EU Settlement Scheme applicants in or outside the UK who have been affected by restrictions associated with coronavirus.
Statistics on residency-based school absences and attainment data for pupils by gender, free school meal eligibility and ethnicity.
Fortnightly pupil attendance statistics, and autumn, combined autumn and spring, and full year pupil absence statistics.
Sickness absence data for Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and its partner organisations.
Absence statistics on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded schools.
How we produce statistics on pupil absence in schools.
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