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Ministers publish new guidance that will become statutory from September
Clarity comes after Gillian Keegan said 'missing school for activism is unacceptable'
Penalties for unauthorised absence will hit £80, and all schools will have to join attendance tracker scheme
Raising fines and making guidance and daily data submissions mandatory will boost early intervention and a support-first approach, says...
More focus needed on 'second transition' for pupils leaving year 7 and sanctions deemed 'insufficient'
Our attendance woes won’t be solved by doing more of the same in the hopes of returning to the...
Bridget Phillipson will also announce a Labour government will use AI to spot trends in attendance
DfE also confirms £15m rollout of attendance mentor scheme and new parent marketing campaign
Almost 400,000 penalties were issued by councils last year, DfE data shows
