Attendance, truancy and exclusions

Need to know about the sanctions West Sussex local authority schools can impose regarding matters such as attendance, detentions and exclusions? 

This area of the WSCC website provides information for parents and carers on our policies. You can also find out what your rights are, how to appeal against a decision and more here...

Do let us know if there is anything else you would like to see here. We welcome all comments and feedback.

• Attendance - code of conduct
  Information about penalty notices for parents of children who take unauthorised absence from school.

• Detentions
  Information for parents and carers on detention.

• Exclusions
  Exclusion means removing a child from school. It is one of the strategies available to schools for managing the behaviour of pupils, usually after other strategies have been tried.

• Truancy
  Information for those responsible for a child who is registered at school (between ages 5-16) about the need to ensure they regularly attend school.