Pupil attendance and absence management policy

Stockton-on-Tees Council Locality Team fulfils the statutory duty and responsibilities of the local authority in relation to school attendance. The locality team promote and enforce regular attendance at school for all children of statutory school age in Stockton-on-Tees and work 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 to take advantage of the best possible educational opportunities available to them.

If a parent or carer of a child registered at a Stockton 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 at tier 1 and tier 2 that schools in partnership with other agencies should take prior to a tier 3 referral to the locality team for legal intervention to support and enforce the child's attendance at school.