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The Education (School Attendance Targets)(England) Regulations 2005
State schools
School performance and standards
School welfare, behaviour and attendance
King's Printer of Acts of Parliament
2017-06-19
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
These Regulations revoke and replace the Education (School Attendance Targets) (England) Regulations 1999 (“the 1999 Regulations”). They require school governing bodies to set attendance targets for authorised and unauthorised absences from school, expressed as a percentage of the total possible attendances by pupils.
The Education (School Attendance Targets)(England) Regulations 2005
The Education (School Attendance Targets) (England) Regulations 2007
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Derek TwiggParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment for Education and Skills