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      • When children can and can't miss school
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      • How to educate your child at home
      • When children can and can't miss school
      • Contact children and learning
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Absent from school

Missing school

When children can and can't miss school
When children can and can't miss school and what happens if you take your child out of school for a holiday
Pay a school absence fine
If you get a fine, called a fixed penalty notice, because your child missed school you can pay it online.
What happens if your child is excluded from school
How you'll find out if your child is taken out of school for breaking school rules and what you need to do
Tell us if a child is not getting an education
Let us know if a child is not going to school or getting an education at home so we can help them.

Children in work

Child employment rules
Employers have to follow rules that say when children can work and the type of work they can do
Apply for permission to employ a child
Get permission so that a child of school age can work for you

Children in entertainment

Apply for a child performance licence
You may need a performance licence or an exemption letter if you're putting on a performance or producing a show.
Apply to become a child chaperone
Children who perform need to be looked after by a chaperone. This can be a parent, carer or a registered chaperone.

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