Don't let your kids bunk off school, county warns

By The Newsroom
Published 9th Apr 2008, 11:49 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 20:06 BST
PARENTS who have ignored their child's absence from school and have refused to co-operate with East Sussex County Council to resolve the problem have found themselves in court.

In the past three months a total of 59 prosecutions were brought by the county council's education welfare service as part of its on-going drive to improve school attendance and hold parents to account.

During January, February and March cases at Eastbourne, Hastings and Lewes Magistrates Courts saw parents fined a total of 3,360 with 3,385 costs.

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