Penalty Notices (fines) are issued by West Northamptonshire Council.

Our Academy will make use of the full range of potential sanctions including, but not limited to;

• a Penalty Notice payable up to £160 fine
• prosecution under s444 (1) Education Act 1996, where if convicted you may be fined up to £1,000
• prosecution under s444 (1) (a) Education Act 1996 where if convicted you may be fined up to £2,500 and/or 3 months’ imprisonment

Decisions will be made on an individual, case-by-case basis and we will use the local authority arrangements for doing so.

For further information regarding the legal sanctions about school non-attendance please see West Northamptonshire Council webpage: Penalty notices for school non-attendance | West Northamptonshire Council (westnorthants.gov.uk).

If you take your child out of school for an accumulative total of 5 days or more (10 sessions) (90%) over a period of 10 weeks, the school will deem this as irregular attendance and will consider a referral to the Local authority for consideration of legal action.