Behaviour and attendance: your responsibilities
This section gives you information on your responsibilities in
terms of behaviour and school attendance issues and the legislation
involved to ensure you are fully aware of your legal responsibilities
and the support available to you.
The Behaviour and attendance section includes:
School
attendance: your responsibilities
A guide to the laws, the role of LAs, ways in which parents can help and
term-time holidays.
Parenting
contracts
Information about the formal agreements made between schools, LAs and parents
to ensure good behaviour and attendance.
Parenting
orders
Advice about the court order which can be used to make
parents undertake parenting classes.
Penalty
notices
Information about fines which can be issued to parents for their children's
truancy, plus details of how to appeal.
Every Lesson
Counts
Information on the campaign designed to improve children's attendance at
school.
