Seven harsh new school attendance rules coming this September that all parents should know

Parents need to be aware of new attendance rules coming into force next month (Image: GETTY) Parents are being warned of new rules coming into effect next month, which could see them fined if they fail to comply with updated attendance policies. The education sector has been grappling to reduce absenteeism rates to pre-pandemic levels over the past few years. In response, ministers have unveiled new regulations set to be enforced from September to manage school attendance, which parents should be aware of, along with potential repercussions.

Current Government guidelines stipulate that children should attend school every day it is open, barring five exceptions; illness, pre-approved absences requested by parents, religious observance days, disruptions to local authority transport, or traveller families required to work on a specific day. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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