Code of Conduct for issuing Penalty Notices  

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Porters Grange Primary School supports other local schools in adopting the government recommendation that no absences for holidays will be approved as authorised during the academic year. Should parents/carers book holidays during term time, they will do so on the understanding that this is without the consent or approval of the school. 

  

Penalty Notices for school absences are issued for: 

  

• unauthorised absence 

• holidays in term time that the school have had to record as unauthorised 

• excluded pupils found in a public place during the first 5 days of suspension or exclusion 

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Cost of the Notice: 

  

• £80 per child, per parent, if paid within 21 days 

• rising to £160 per child, per parent if paid within 28 days 

• you could be prosecuted if you do not pay the fine after 28 days 

  

Penalty notices can be issued if:  

  

• There have been 10 school sessions am/pm (5 consecutive or non consecutive days) or more of unauthorised absence due to leave taken during the academic year.