This is nationwide, apparently. This is just the infographic that the Nottingham council put out
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Truancy penalties have sadly been a thing in the UK for a fair few years now. It’s a really idiotic system. Some schools refuse to implement it in practice, but it is effectively mandatory (and has achieved nothing).
As someone who lived a povertous upbringing and had a ~20% absence rate in school, this would’ve absolutely destroyed me and my family if it had been in effect then.
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