Students in years 9 and 10, disadvantaged young people, and those with SEN are among the groups most likely to receive the new £80 fines for persistent absence.
A new analysis shows that if new government thresholds had been implemented in 2022/23, one in five students would have received parental fines.
A national framework for parental fines is being introduced from September with fines of £80 for any student who misses 10 or more half-days within any 10-week period.
An analysis published this week (Bibby & Thomson, 2024) and based on attendance data from almost 10,000 schools considered the number of students who would have broken this new threshold in 2022/23.
