A report published on 9 June by the DfE showcases a number of different scenarios and their association with pupils’ school attendance. These are illustrative examples: we know each local community will have its own unique circumstances and that there are similar annual and occasional events all across the country taking a variety of forms.
Some are cases where absence would normally be unauthorised, such as birthdays, concerts (e.g. Taylor Swift) and broken weeks. Others concern authorised absence categories, such as medical or dental appointments, or religious observance.
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