DfE to let councils invest absence fines in attendance support
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  • May 6, 2022
National school absence fines plan greenlit despite parent opposition
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  • May 6, 2022
Parents to be fined again if children don't go to school in Wales
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  • May 3, 2022
Covid: Truancy fines for parents to return in Wales
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  • May 3, 2022
Headteacher demands parents are fined because so many pupils are not in school
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  • Apr 28, 2022
What people said about bringing back fines for parents whose children miss school
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  • Mar 22, 2022
Scrap masks in schools and bring back penalties for non-attendance, says head teacher
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  • Feb 13, 2022
Fines for school absence plummet by 86 per cent
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  • Dec 16, 2021
Bedfordshire drivers face fines for idling engines at schools
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  • Oct 19, 2021
Wales: Parents to 'risk truancy fines' if school cases rise
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  • Sep 19, 2021
School made to pay nearly £29k after boy, 9, crushed to death by falling locker
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  • Jun 24, 2021
Parents ‘won't be fined for taking children to Spain for half-term break’ and having to miss school to quarantine
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  • May 21, 2021
Covid: Lancaster students climb out of windows to escape party fine
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  • Feb 10, 2021
Will parents be fined for pulling their children out of school early for Christmas break?
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  • Dec 16, 2020
Absence fines drop by 90% despite fall in attendance
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  • Dec 11, 2020
UK universities fine students £170,000 for Covid rule breaches
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  • Nov 29, 2020
Surge in road schemes that fine parents for doing school run by car
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  • Nov 11, 2020
Can parents be fined if they don’t send kids to school during the second national lockdown?
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  • Nov 2, 2020
Student, 22, fined £6k for breaking covid quarantine rules after she was caught eating at restaurant in Insta snap
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  • Oct 27, 2020
Mother-of-two is threatened with prison and a £2,500 fine for refusing to send her children to school
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  • Oct 26, 2020
Single mum threatened with £2,500 fine and prison for keeping kids off school as she fears she’ll die if she gets Covid
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  • Oct 26, 2020
Mum threatened with prison for refusing to send kids to school amid coronavirus fears
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  • Oct 26, 2020
Nottingham Trent students fined £10,000 each for breaking Covid rules with house party
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  • Oct 21, 2020
Three students fined £10,000 each for hosting house party attended by 100 people
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  • Oct 12, 2020
Covid-19: University of East Anglia party students fined £10,000
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  • Oct 12, 2020
Aberdeen University threatens students breaking rules with £250 fines with landlords used for enforcement
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  • Sep 28, 2020
Can parents be fined if they don’t send their kids to school during a second wave of coronavirus?
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  • Sep 21, 2020
Schools reopening: Do children have to go back to school? Will parents be fined for non-attendance?
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  • Sep 4, 2020
Headteacher threatens to fine parents who refuse to send children back to classroom from next week
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  • Sep 3, 2020
Parents face £120 fines for not sending their kids back to school from today
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  • Sep 1, 2020
Parents who don't send children to school to be fined as 'last resort'
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  • Sep 1, 2020
Unions call for hiatus on absence fines as 40% of schools are set to welcome back pupils
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  • Sep 1, 2020
Millions of children finally back to school today – but parents will face fines if they keep them home
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  • Sep 1, 2020
Parents vow to risk penalty or start homeschooling instead of sending children back to classrooms
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  • Aug 26, 2020
Parents should not face fines if their child misses school due to anxiety, experts say
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  • Aug 26, 2020
Coronavirus and schools: Ditch truancy fines, say doctors
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  • Aug 26, 2020
Scrap fines for school non-attendance in England, say psychiatrists
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  • Aug 26, 2020
'I'm happy to be fined': parents on the return to school
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  • Aug 25, 2020
Headteachers will not fine parents who keep their kids off school from next week, teaching unions say
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  • Aug 25, 2020
Head teachers signal they will not fine parents whose children don't return to school
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  • Aug 24, 2020
Schools reopening: Fury at 'absurd' threat to fine parents £1000 for keeping kids away
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  • Aug 24, 2020
Fines a ‘last resort’ for parents who don’t put their children back in school next week, says education minister
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  • Aug 24, 2020
Will parents be fined if their child can't go to school due to 14-day quarantine?
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  • Aug 24, 2020
Parents face fines as 'last resort' if they don't send children back to school
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  • Aug 24, 2020
Fining parents is 'a last resort', says Gibb
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  • Aug 24, 2020
Parents in England could be fined if they keep children off school
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  • Aug 24, 2020
Parents could be fined for not sending children back to school as 'last resort', says minister
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  • Aug 24, 2020
Will parents be fined if children can't go to school due to 14-day quarantine?
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  • Aug 21, 2020
University freshers face £800 fines if they break new Covid rules by having one night stands
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  • Aug 6, 2020
Parents who've been shielding face fines for not sending their children to school
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  • Aug 5, 2020
Mum saving £4,000 to take on school fines rather than send son back to classroom
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  • Jul 25, 2020
Parents face fines in September if they don’t send children back to school
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  • Jul 20, 2020
Parents face fines if they don’t send their kids back to school in September
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  • Jul 20, 2020
Call to scrap fines for children not returning to school next term
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  • Jul 17, 2020
Scotland: Cargilfield Prep School fined after boy’s saw accident
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  • Jul 8, 2020
Headteacher refuses to fine parents under new coronavirus rules
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  • Jul 3, 2020
Heads must issue absence fines so poor don’t ‘suffer’, claims Williamson
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  • Jul 3, 2020
Coronavirus: Williamson lays down law on full-time school return
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  • Jul 3, 2020
School attendance mandatory in England from September (video)
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  • Jul 2, 2020
Headteacher refuses to fine parents if children don’t return to school in September after coronavirus lockdown
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  • Jul 2, 2020
Gavin Williamson announces major changes for new year - and warning to parents
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  • Jul 2, 2020
Parents face £120 fines if children don't return to class in September
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  • Jul 2, 2020
Fines for pupil absences in September? It's immoral
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  • Jul 2, 2020
How much could parents be fined for refusing to send their children to school?
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  • Jul 1, 2020
Parents will be fined! Williamson says children must go to school in September
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Coronavirus School reopening School attendance Pupil absence Fines
  • Jun 30, 2020
Threatening families with fines over school not the way to go
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Coronavirus School reopening School attendance Pupil absence Fines
  • Jun 29, 2020
Gavin Williamson says parents will be fined if they fail to send children back to school
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  • Jun 29, 2020
Parents face fines if their children don't go back to school in September
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  • Jun 29, 2020
Headteachers 'may refuse' to fine parents who keep children at home in September
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  • Jun 29, 2020
Parents could be fined for not sending children back to school
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  • Jun 29, 2020
Penalty fines for missing school next term
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Coronavirus School reopening School attendance Pupil absence Fines
  • Jun 29, 2020
Parents will face fines if they refuse to send their kids back to school in September
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Coronavirus School reopening School attendance Pupil absence Fines
  • Jun 29, 2020
Parents who do not send children back to school in September could be fined
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Coronavirus School reopening School attendance Pupil absence Fines
  • Jun 29, 2020
Fines for school non-attendance in England to resume from autumn
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  • Jun 29, 2020
Parents to be fined for pupil absences from September
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Coronavirus School reopening School attendance Pupil absence Fines
  • Jun 29, 2020
School absence fines will resume in September, says Williamson
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  • Jun 29, 2020
Gavin Williamson: Parents fined if they don't send kids to school (video)
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  • Jun 29, 2020
Boris Johnson gets tough on children going to school in September – ‘It’s the law!’
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  • Jun 29, 2020
Schools reopening: Parents face fines if children do not return to school
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  • Jun 29, 2020
Coronavirus: Heads caution against fines for parents who keep children at home
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Coronavirus School reopening School attendance Pupil absence Fines
  • Jun 29, 2020
Headteachers may refuse to fine parents who keep children at home in September
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Coronavirus School reopening School attendance Pupil absence Fines
  • Jun 28, 2020
Parents won't be fined for not sending their children to school this term
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  • Jun 3, 2020
Worried parents who keep kids off school in September could be fined
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Coronavirus School reopening School attendance Pupil absence Fines
  • Jun 1, 2020
Parents could face fines for keeping kids off school from September, Children’s Commissioner suggests
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  • Jun 1, 2020
Will parents be fined for refusing to send children back to school?
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  • Jun 1, 2020
Will parents be fined for refusing to send their children back to school?
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  • May 29, 2020
Can parents be fined for not sending their kids to school when they reopen?
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  • May 26, 2020
Can parents be fined if they don’t send their kids to school when they reopen?
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  • May 19, 2020
'Give parents the option': Will you be fined for keeping your kids off school?
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  • May 12, 2020
Covid-19: No fines for parents if pupils miss school
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  • May 11, 2020
Government says parents will not be fined for refusing to send children back to school during coronavirus pandemic
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  • May 11, 2020
Parents won’t be fined for not sending their kids into school when they reopen
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  • May 11, 2020
Parents won't be fined for keeping children out of school after lockdown
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  • May 11, 2020
Coronavirus UK: Will fines for school non-attendance stop?
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  • May 5, 2020
Schools say government must tell them whether to fine parents who refuse to return children to class after lockdown
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  • May 5, 2020
Admissions: HE institutions could be fined £500,000
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  • May 4, 2020
Post-lockdown fines for parents keeping kids home from school 'extraordinarily unlikely'
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  • May 3, 2020
Schools will only open when it’s absolutely safe – but Matt Hancock won’t rule out fines for parents who keep kids away
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  • May 1, 2020
Matt Hancock hints parents could be fined for keeping kids out of reopened schools
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  • May 1, 2020
Parent fines for taking children on holiday during school time shot up by almost 30% last year
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  • Mar 27, 2020
Fines failing to stop term-time holidays
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  • Mar 27, 2020
Parents pay £10m fines for absence from school
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  • Feb 6, 2020
School absence fines 'rise by a fifth'
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  • Feb 5, 2020
School ‘to automatically call social services’ if parents are 30 minutes late to collect child
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  • Jan 16, 2020
School to fine parents who are late picking up child - then call Social Services
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  • Jan 15, 2020
Primary school begins fining parents who are late to pick up children from the school gates
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  • Jan 15, 2020
Anti-social behaviour fines for university students
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Behaviour Fines Students Northern Ireland
  • Nov 28, 2019
Pupils dish out parking tickets to polluters at school gates
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Pollution School run Health Fines
  • May 20, 2019
School pupils face £80 fines for dropping litter
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Pupils Fines Litter
  • May 10, 2019
Call to fine parents who swear at teachers
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Parents Michael Wilshaw Fines
  • May 5, 2019
Couple who took child out of school for holiday face prison if they do it again
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  • May 2, 2019
Parents threatened with jail after taking child on holiday in term time
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  • May 2, 2019
Awarding body faces fine over online assessment 'failings'
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Ofqual Fines Awarding bodies Apprentice assessment
  • Apr 24, 2019
Ofqual issues first ever intention to fine end-point assessment organisation
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  • Apr 24, 2019
Drive your kids to school? You face being fined £60 if your child is late
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  • Apr 10, 2019
Absence: Parent penalty notice system under fire
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  • Apr 3, 2019
Universities to be fined £500k for handing out first-class 'easy degrees'
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Fines Grade inflation Regulation Degree awarding powers DAPs
  • Mar 24, 2019
School holiday fines double in just one year as councils crack down on trips during term time
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  • Mar 22, 2019
School holiday fines 'double in one year' after ruling it is illegal to take pupils out of term time
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Term-time holidays Pupil absence Fines
  • Mar 22, 2019
School holiday fines rise by 75% in a year
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  • Mar 22, 2019
One million parents took their children on term time holidays last year, figures show
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Term-time holidays Pupil absence Fines
  • Mar 21, 2019
Absence rates in schools continuing to rise
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Pupil absence Term-time holidays Fines School attendance
  • Mar 21, 2019
Number of parents fined for term-time holidays at record level
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Term-time holidays Pupil absence Fines
  • Mar 21, 2019
Family holidays during term time help push unauthorised school absences to record high
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Term-time holidays Pupil absence Fines
  • Mar 21, 2019
Term-time holiday fines rise 75% in crackdown
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  • Mar 21, 2019
Unauthorised absences hit record high
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  • Mar 21, 2019
School holiday fines: Parents hit by penalties rise 93%
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Term-time holidays Pupil absence Fines
  • Mar 21, 2019
School absence fines soar by 74% after Supreme Court term-time holiday ruling
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Term-time holidays Pupil absence Fines
  • Mar 21, 2019
School absence rates continue to rise
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Term-time holidays Pupil absence Fines
  • Mar 21, 2019
Children give out fake parking tickets to polluting parents
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Fines Pollution
  • Mar 5, 2019
Mum who let child miss school for entire year fined just £585
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School attendance Pupil absence Fines Truancy
  • Mar 1, 2019
School pupils issue fake parking tickets to tackle pollution
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Primary Parking Pollution Fines
  • Feb 13, 2019
School nabs pupils’ mobile phones and charges parents £2 ransom to get them back
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Mobile phones Fines
  • Feb 8, 2019
Pupils face £2 ‘fines’ to get their phones back
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Mobile phones Fines
  • Feb 8, 2019
School demands £2 ‘ransom’ for return of pupils’ phones
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Mobile phones Fines
  • Feb 8, 2019
Four in ten parents have risked a £1,000 fine and even prison to take kids out of school for term-time holidays to save money
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Term-time holidays Fines Pupil absence School attendance
  • Jan 28, 2019
Unis face fines for unjustified unconditional offers
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Fines Unconditional offers University access University admissions
  • Jan 25, 2019
Lancashire school's '£1,000 holiday fine' warning denied
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Pupil absence Term-time holidays Fines
  • Jan 21, 2019
Damian Hinds: £1K holiday fines won't be used
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Term-time holidays Pupil absence Fines
  • Jan 21, 2019
Parents receive warning of £1,000 term-time holiday fines, but council disputes plan
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Term-time holidays School attendance Pupil absence Fines
  • Jan 21, 2019
£1,000 fine for term-time holidays could be illegal
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Term-time holidays Pupil absence Fines
  • Jan 21, 2019
Parents 'face £1,000 fines' for taking children on holiday during term time
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Term-time holidays Holidays Fines
  • Jan 20, 2019
Parents could face £1k fine for term-time holidays
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Term-time holidays Fines
  • Jan 20, 2019
Parents face huge £1,000 fine PER CHILD for taking children on holiday in term-time
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Term-time holidays Fines
  • Jan 20, 2019
Ireland: Demand for stiffer penalty if your child misses school
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Ireland School attendance Pupil absence Fines
  • Jan 17, 2019
Prosecutions of parents for their child's truancy soar to 20,000 a year after a ban on term-time holidays
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School holidays Term-time holidays School attendance Pupil absence Fines Legal action
  • Jan 9, 2019
Students punished with thousands of fines totalling more than half a million, figures show
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Student debt Fines
  • Dec 31, 2018
University grade inflation could lead to fines
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Grade inflation Fines
  • Dec 19, 2018
Schools hit with more fines as late GCSE exam entries rise 22%
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Fines Exams GCSEs A-levels
  • Nov 22, 2018
Parents are fined £240 for taking their children to Turkey during school term
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School holidays Term-time holidays School attendance Absence Fines
  • Nov 15, 2018
Fines for partying won’t make students better neighbours | Coco Khan
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Students Behaviour Fines
  • Nov 8, 2018
£1 a minute: the punishing fines parents face if they are late picking up their kids
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Childcare Parents Fines
  • Oct 16, 2018
Schools face a £5,000 fine for every pupil they exclude
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Pupil exclusions Funding Fines
  • Oct 11, 2018