The Corporate Director Education and Family Support presented a report which sought Cabinet approval of the revised School Attendance Enforcement Policy (Appendix 1) and fixed penalty notices for unauthorised absence from school – Code of Conduct (Appendix 2).
He explained that while there had been an improvement on school attendance each year since the Pandemic, the council is determined to improve the figures to pre-pandemic levels. A task and finish group, chaired by the Group Manager (Family Support) has been established with representative headteachers and other partners to progress this work.
The Corporate Director Education and Family Support outlined section 3.4 of the report which provided the criteria for a revised School Attendance Enforcement Policy and FPNs.
The Cabinet Member for Education stated that while FPN’s have been discussed as part of the report, this was not the first port of call. He explained that this was a tool at our disposal should it be needed, but served more so as a deterrent. Further questions and discussions on the subject of FPN’s can be found here.
RESOLVED: That Cabinet: