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Fines for parents whose kids miss school could get harsher under new truancy crackdown
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School attendance
Pupil absence
Truancy
Attendance policy
May 12, 2022
Education Secretary says school attendance is non-negotiable in truancy crackdown
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School attendance
Pupil absence
Truancy
Attendance policy
May 12, 2022
New crackdown on children skipping school as Zahawi says attendance ‘non-negotiable’
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School attendance
Pupil absence
Truancy
Attendance policy
May 12, 2022
Going to school ‘non-negotiable’, warns Nadhim Zahawi in crackdown on truants
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School attendance
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Truancy
Attendance policy
May 11, 2022
Attendance policy requirements spelt out in new guidance
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School attendance
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Truancy
Attendance policy
May 11, 2022
School attendance: improving consistency of support
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School attendance
Pupil absence
Truancy
May 10, 2022
Queen's Speech 2022: NAHT responds to the announcement of a not in schools register
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Queen's Speech
School attendance
Pupil absence
Truancy
May 10, 2022
Attendance policies: What the government expects from schools
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School attendance
Pupil absence
Truancy
May 10, 2022
Crackdown on truancy will see absent kids named on official register
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School attendance
Pupil absence
Truancy
May 9, 2022
Pupils who play truant will be named on official register under plans to boost school attendance
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School attendance
Pupil absence
Truancy
May 9, 2022
Teachers ordered to register pupils in truancy crackdown
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School attendance
Pupil absence
Truancy
May 9, 2022
Parents to be fined again if children don't go to school in Wales
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Covid impact
School attendance
Pupil absence
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Truancy
Wales
May 3, 2022
Covid: Truancy fines for parents to return in Wales
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Covid impact
Wales
School attendance
Pupil absence
Fines
Truancy
May 3, 2022
Scotland: ‘Not here, sir’ — concern over surge in truancy
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Truancy
School attendance
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Scotland
May 3, 2022
What people said about bringing back fines for parents whose children miss school
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School attendance
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Wales
Mar 22, 2022
Scotland: One in five 14-year-olds has skipped school
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Truancy
Scotland
Feb 16, 2022
Wales: Parents to 'risk truancy fines' if school cases rise
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COVID-19
Coronavirus
Fines
Truancy
Pupil absence
Wales
Sep 19, 2021
Scotland Bring back truant officers to improve poorer children’s attainment
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Truancy
Scotland
Sep 18, 2021
Using modified truancy notifications to parents to improve their child’s attendance
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School attendance
Truancy
Parents
Feb 2, 2021
The power of texting: combating student absenteeism
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School attendance
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Truancy
Oct 13, 2020
Truancy could rise in wake of school closures, Oxford study says
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Coronavirus
School closures
Truancy
School attendance
Jun 22, 2020
Scotland: Oil wealth families don’t value school, says Peterhead Academy head Shona Sellers
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Scotland
School attendance
Truancy
Feb 14, 2020
Parents take legal action over pupils labelled as truants
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Truancy
SEND
Pupil absence
Nov 3, 2019
Thousands of boys carrying knives as study highlights link to truancy
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Knife crime
Truancy
Jul 29, 2019
Why it's time to off-roll Little Johnny
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Off-rolling
Pupil exclusions
Truancy
Behaviour
Jun 18, 2019
I was fined for taking my child to Jamaica, but I'm one of the lucky ones | Kehinde Andrews
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Term-time holidays
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Pupil absence
Truancy
Jun 5, 2019
School absence rates fall, data shows
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Pupil absence
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Truancy
May 30, 2019
'School refuser' parents to challenge truancy laws
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School refusers
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Truancy
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May 22, 2019
Almost third of children in need 'persistently absent' from school
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Apr 11, 2019
Truancy ‘worse than expulsions’ for knife crime, says education secretary
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Truancy
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Apr 11, 2019
Parental responsibility measures: 2017 to 2018
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Pupil absence
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Truancy
Mar 21, 2019
Knife crime: truancy 'bigger concern' than exclusions, says Hinds
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Knife crime
Truancy
Pupil exclusions
Mar 21, 2019
Mum who let child miss school for entire year fined just £585
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School attendance
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Truancy
Mar 1, 2019
Actions speak louder than words
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Climate change
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School attendance
Truancy
Feb 21, 2019
Twice as many mothers prosecuted for their children's truancy than fathers, figures show
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School attendance
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Truancy
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Feb 20, 2019
Ministers are misguided if they think missing school is more serious than climate change | Jane Merrick
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Protests
Feb 18, 2019
How the Co-op tackled a school with terrible truancy
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Truancy
School attendance
Oct 14, 2018
Dad who failed to send son to school is jailed after boy turned up twice this year
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School attendance
Pupil absence
Truancy
Sep 3, 2018
Rewarding children for attending school makes them more likely to play truant, experts warn
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Truancy
Aug 29, 2018
School attendance not improved by rewards
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Attendance
Truancy
Aug 29, 2018
German police stop 'truant' families at airport
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School holidays
Truancy
Germany
May 21, 2018
Thirsk schoolboys found after climbing fence
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Truancy
Primary
May 2, 2018
Parents fined £24m for children's truancy and term time holidays
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Term-time holidays
Truancy
School attendance
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Mar 15, 2018
Truancy in Scotland reaches record high
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Scotland
Absence
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School attendance
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Jan 2, 2018
Scotland: Truancy and cheap holidays lead to record school absence
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Scotland
Truancy
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Jan 2, 2018
From a drunk teacher to pupils standing on street corners: How Glasgow turned it around
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Scotland
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Nov 27, 2017
Mother given benefits to keep children at school
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Truancy
Sep 28, 2017
Children just aren't playing truant from Swansea schools like they used to
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Wales Online
Wales
Truancy
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Sep 13, 2017
The huge difference in how parents who live in neighbouring towns are fined for not sending their children to school
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Wales Online
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Truancy
Aug 17, 2017
Tom Rawstorne: behind the scenes at one of 'Britain's worst schools'
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Mail
Ofsted ratings
Truancy
Bullying
May 19, 2017
High Court in landmark ruling against term-time holidays
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Scotsman
Absence
Truancy
School holidays
Parents
Apr 6, 2017
Councils issue more than £8.8m worth of unauthorised school absence fines in a single year
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Independent
School holidays
Truancy
Absence
Parents
Apr 6, 2017
Term-time holiday dad loses court battle over school fine
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BBC
School holidays
Parents
Truancy
Apr 6, 2017
Term-time holidays: parents can be prosecuted for taking children out of school without permission, Supreme Court rules
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Telegraph
School holidays
Truancy
Parents
Apr 6, 2017
What does the Supreme Court ruling on term-time holidays mean for parents?
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Telegraph
School holidays
Truancy
Parents
Apr 6, 2017
Father loses UK court fight over daughter’s holiday
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Financial Times
School holidays
Truancy
Parents
Apr 6, 2017
Jon Platt case: school leaders welcome Supreme Court term-time holiday ruling
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Independent
School holidays
Truancy
Parents
Apr 6, 2017
Where do you stand on taking kids out of school for a holiday?
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Guardian
School holidays
Truancy
Parents
Apr 6, 2017
Term-time holidays: Supreme Court rules parents can be prosecuted for taking children out of school without permission
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Telegraph
Truancy
School holidays
Parents
Apr 6, 2017
Father who took his daughter on term-time holiday loses his two-year Supreme Court battle
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Mail
Absence
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Parents
Truancy
Apr 6, 2017
Parents can't take kids on holiday in term time without permission, rules UK's top court
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Wales Online
Truancy
School holidays
Parents
Apr 6, 2017
Term-time holiday dad loses court battle
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BBC
School holidays
Truancy
Parents
Apr 6, 2017
Supreme court upholds ban on term-time holidays
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Guardian
Truancy
Parents
School holidays
Apr 6, 2017
UK Supreme Court to rule on term-time holidays after Disney World row
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Independent
Truancy
Parents
School holidays
Apr 6, 2017
Prosecutions for truancy rise by a fifth
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Times
Truancy
Absence
School holidays
Parents
Apr 6, 2017
Truancy detectives: schools hire 'attendance ambassadors' to doorknock parents of children who fail to turn up
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Telegraph
School attendance
Truancy
Primary schools
Secondary schools
Mar 20, 2017
Primary school truancy has reached its highest level in the past decade in Wales
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Wales Online
Wales
Truancy
Dec 18, 2016
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