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How do we make sure pupils attend school?

The latest data released on school attendance made for some sobering reading. The percentage of parents fined for taking children out of school during term time for family holidays has rocketed in some parts of Sussex. Since 2018-19 the national figure for fines has increased by 54%, a staggering total of 443,322 fines in total. While Brighton and Hove and East Sussex recorded an increase of 30% and 29% West Sussex saw a much bigger 60% increase.

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