{"id":66622,"date":"2015-03-06T12:10:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T12:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/educationandchildren\/?page_id=710"},"modified":"2026-06-17T15:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:46:22","slug":"school-attendance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/education\/attendance-and-inclusion\/school-attendance\/","title":{"rendered":"School attendance and legal proceedings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is the responsibility of parents\/carers to ensure that all their children of compulsory school age are receiving an efficient full-time education by regular attendance at a school or otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Devon Education Services monitor school attendance and support schools in their efforts to raise school attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All schools have a legal obligation to inform Devon County Council of any child not attending regularly. Should you have any concerns about your child\u2019s attendance or need support, please contact your school in the first instance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/school-attendance-absence\/overview\" rel=\"noopener\">Further information about school attendance and absence can be found at GOV.UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Absence from school: Pay a school absence penalty notice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your child has unauthorised absences from school, this could result in a school absence penalty notice being issued. Find out more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/education\/attendance-and-inclusion\/school-attendance\/absence-from-school-penalty-notices\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"770\">school absence penalty notices<\/a> &#8211; as well as the other legal measures that can be taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have received a school absence penalty notice you can pay it&nbsp;in the following ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/make-a-payment\/school-absence-penalty-notice\/\">Pay a school absence penalty notice<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phone on <a href=\"tel:03004560534\">0300 4560534<\/a> \u2013 calls charged at local rate. Further details are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.call-charges.co.uk\/0300-call-charges#one\" rel=\"noopener\">www.call-charges.co.uk\/0300-call-charges#one<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Postal order \u2013 must be the correct amount and be received by the specified payment date.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cash in person by pre-arranged appointment by calling <a href=\"tel:01392383189\">01392 383189<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Main reception<br>County Hall<br>Topsham Road<br>Exeter<br>EX2 4QD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Late or part payments cannot be accepted and no reminders will be sent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attendance improvement team, including information about school attendance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":613,"parent":65034,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-66622","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 00:01:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66622"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74812,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66622\/revisions\/74812"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}