Under the Freedom of Information Act, we would like to request the following information:
1. Over the past three academic years, how many fines / penalty notices have been issued either by the local authority or a school in your area, to parents or guardians in relation to their child or children’s school attendance?
* Academic year 2020-2021 – 91 Penalty Notices were issued
* Academic year 2021-2022 – 830 Penalty Notices were issued
* Academic year 2022- – 2668 Penalty Notices have been issued so far up until 23/07/2023.
2. Over the past three academic years, how much money has been collected through fines / penalty notices issued in relation to school attendance?
* Academic year 2020-2021 – £3,900
* Academic year 2021-2022 – £38,040
* Academic year 2022- – £123,240 up until 23/07/2023.
3. Over the past three academic years, how many Parenting Orders, Education Supervision Orders and School Attendance Orders have been issued to parents or guardians in relation to their child or children’s school attendance?
30 SAOs issued in the past 3 years.
0 Parenting Orders have been issued
We do not hold a central record of Education Supervision Orders so to extract this information would require a manual review of all of our records which would take longer than the appropriate time limit of 18 hours. We are therefore not obliged to provide this information pursuant to section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
4. Over the past three academic years, how many prosecutions have been pursued in your area due to school absences?
* Academic year 2020-2021 – 7 prosecutions under s444(1) Education Act for non-attendance
* Academic year 2021-2022 – 55 prosecutions
* Academic year 2022- – 206 prosecutions.