Changes in support of this will be contained in the new bill on schools, which is expected to be submitted to parliament on Thursday.
Successive ministers were concerned about the scale of absences during the Covid pandemic and as cases declined in the coming months.
There has also been a significant drop in the number of fines imposed on parents whose children do not go to school. New national standards will be issued on how councils that have the power to issue such fines use them. The average fine is around £ 60.
The councils will be informed that the common approach adopted, which sees automatic fines for absence, must be replaced by a “case-by-case” approach.
A source from the Ministry of Education, familiar with the initiative, said: “The reason for fining parents is not to punish them financially, but to get their children to school.
“If this general approach does not increase attendance, it is right to look for other ways to return children to the classroom, as well as fines. We are taking a zero-tolerance approach to absences. “
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