School attendance and absence

• Your responsibility

  You need to make sure your child gets a full-time education either at school, at home or through alternative learning provision

• When your child can miss school

  Find out when your child is allowed to miss school and what you should do if your child needs to take time off school

• Taking holidays in term time

  What to do if you want to take your child out of school during term time

• Penalty notices

  Information and advice for parents about penalty notices and pay a penalty notice

• Legal action to enforce school attendance

  We can take legal action against you if your child does not go to the school where they are registered

• Help get your child to school

  Advice on how you can get your child to school on time

• Children missing from education

  The reasons why children are missing from education and tell us about a child missing education