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School attendance and exclusion

School attendance responsibilities, report a child missing from education, exclusion from school and how to apply for employment and child performance licences.

School attendance

The parental responsibilities concerning your child or children’s school attendance and the legal consequences if they fail to attend.

Pupil Referral Unit (PRU)

For students who are at risk of exclusion from school, have been permanently excluded, or are not attending for other reasons, such as illness or pregnancy.