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School attendance: legal requirements
Read about the rules on pupil absence. We summarise the laws you need to know about, and look at parent penalties and term-time holidays.
Contents
- Admission and attendance registers
- Allowable absence
- Parental penalties
- Term-time leave
- Granting a leave of absence
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