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School attendance: legal requirements
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8 March 2018
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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
- 1 Admission and attendance registers
- 2 Allowable absence
- 3 Parental penalties
- 4 Term-time leave
- 5 Granting a leave of absence
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