Pupil attendance and absence management policy

Stockton Council Attendance Team fulfils the statutory duty and responsibilities of the local authority in relation to school attendance. The attendance team promotes and enforces regular attendance at school for all children of statutory school age in Stockton-on-Tees and works in partnership across agencies.

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council absence procedures ensure schools and the local authority provide support and challenge to parents or carers and pupils to afford children of Stockton-on-Tees to take advantage of the best possible educational opportunities available to them.

If a parent or carer of a child registered at a Stockton-on-Tees school fails to meet their parental responsibility in ensuring their child's regular school attendance, then legal action may be taken. Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council's absence procedures outline the actions schools and the local authority will take to support and enforce the child's attendance at school.