Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 10
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Require legal intervention as last resort, introducing a national framework for consistent attendance fines.
Recommendation
We recommend the Department instruct schools and local authorities to explore methods of support for pupils and families before the use of fines or prosecution, ensuring that legal intervention is a last resort only. The Department should be more explicit about this in its revisions to the guidance ‘Working together to improve school attendance’. These revisions should include a national framework for fines and prosecution, to ensure consistency between local authority use. We reiterate, the Department should legislate for this guidance to be made statutory.
Paragraph Reference:
56
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 6 December 2023. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗